The Miami Dolphins added veteran assistance on the sting after the preseason’s conclusion within the type of former Patriots and Lions defensive finish Trey Flowers.
Flowers, who figures to play extra exterior linebacker in Miami, met with the Dolphins final week, and the group formally introduced the signing on Monday afternoon.
McDaniel supplied his observations upon watching the veteran work out in his Sunday press convention.
“What I saw was a guy that’s in shape that’s ready to play,” McDaniel stated. “He’s a consummate professional with a lot of versatility to his game and length. His style of football is conducive to the style we play. His versatility is attractive.”
Flowers is a seven-year NFL veteran with 64 begins amongst his 75 video games performed. He has 261 profession regular-season tackles, 31 1/2 sacks, 10 pressured fumbles and 4 fumble recoveries.
The 6-foot-2, 265-pound edge defender is a two-time Super Bowl champion from his first 4 seasons with the Patriots. In New England, he frolicked with present Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, who was a cornerbacks coach there. Flowers has performed the previous three season with the Detroit Lions, the place he additionally performed some exterior linebacker in seven begins in 2021.
The transfer comes with exterior linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel’s standing doubtful for the beginning of the common season after the elimination of his appendix. Fellow exterior linebacker Brennan Scarlett, who has additionally acquired reps at defensive finish this offseason, has additionally missed latest weeks of apply with an undisclosed harm.
Scarlett could possibly be on the roster cutoff line with the NFL deadline to get all the way down to 53 gamers on the lively roster quick approaching on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Others similar to Porter Gustin, Darius Hodge and seventh-round rookie Cameron Goode are amongst gamers competing for a closing roster spot on the place.
This offseason, the Dolphins signed Melvin Ingram as the important thing defensive acquisition after revamping the offense. Ingram seems to be in line to begin reverse Jaelan Phillips at exterior linebacker with defensive finish Emmanuel Ogbah a defensive finish in a base three-man entrance.
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