FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When the New England Patriots traded a seventh-round draft choice to the Cincinnati Bengals for linebacker Marquis Flowers on Aug. 29, they essentially filled four spots with one move.
As a core special teams player, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound Flowers is on the punt coverage, punt return, kickoff coverage and kickoff return units. He’s quickly made an impression on coach Bill Belichick.
“I’ve really been impressed with him,” Belichick said. “He’s been good to work with and he improves every single day. He’s very professional, takes his job seriously, tries to get better, understands there are things that are new that he has to make adjustments to, but he’s worked hard to make those.