Trey Flowers says he was trying to do ‘Waterboy’ impression on his strip sack, touchdown
"I think he did one of those [sacks] in the movie," Flowers said.
When the Patriots drafted Trey Flowers in 2015, the defensive end said he channeled Adam Sandler’s character, Bobbie Boucher, from The Waterboy.
“I got that kinda visualizing the attack mentality. He just taught me to go crazy out there,” Flowers said in May 2015.
Patriots fans finally saw that side of Flowers on Thursday night in New England’s 34-22 win over the New Orleans Saints. In the fourth quarter, Flowers stripped sacked Luke McCown, scooped up the fumble, and carried the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. The play extended the Patriots’ lead to 31-22.
“I think he did one of those [sacks] in the movie, so I was trying to do my best impression,” he said with a laugh after the game.
Trey Flowers with the strip sack, recovery, and TD run! WOW! https://t.co/ePc62e1ZCM
— Rich Hill (@PP_Rich_Hill) August 12, 2016
Flowers was active for only one game during his rookie season. But this offseason, Chandler Jones departed by trade and Rob Ninkovich has missed time with an injury. The second-year defensive lineman appears to be seizing his opportunity.
“It’s good to have him out there,” Belichick said of Flowers on Thursday after the game. “He’s done a good job for us when he’s had an opportunity to play. He played some in the kicking game. He’s got obviously a lot of things he has to work on, too. But he’s shown up pretty much daily in one way or another with some positive plays. He’s a hard working kid, so hopefully it will continue to get better.”
Flowers said he hadn’t scored a touchdown since high school. But he’s been practicing those strip sack plays every day before practice.
“I just took the technique and to the field,” he said. “I put a lot of pride in my work and the technique that I do, so to go out there and prove it and let it come to action — it felt good.”
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