The 24-year-old Flowers was once thought to be a long-term solution in the Giants' previous regime, taken No. 9 overall in 2015 by then-general manager Jerry Reese. Penalties and poor play have plagued the fourth-year lineman, and the Giants declined his fifth-year option this past spring. Flowers responded with a brief holdout, and then he struggled out the gate this season. Still, he might not be out of work long, having started almost every game he's played in the past three-plus years.