Let this sink in for a moment.
Former Bengals linebacker Marquis Flowers claimed that former Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther never spoke to him. Not once. Not a “hello” in the hallway or even a goddamn Happy Holidays. What monstrous defensive coordinator doesn’t wish one of his own third-string linebackers a Happy Holidays?! Flowers, who was traded to New England Patriots for a seventh-round pick prior to the start of the 2017 NFL season, has been smitten with the Patriots since his arrival.
“I’ll never forgot, I was walking in the hallway and coach Matt Patricia came up to me and said, basically, to keep trying to get better and he likes me, believes in me and really believes I can help the team win,” Flowers, said via Mark Daniels with the Providence Journal, with what we’re assuming was a chorus hymning in the background with a harp being plucked.