Ereck Flowers dedicated himself this offseason to change his New York Giants narrative in 2017 and veteran defensive tackle Damon Harrison has taken note.

“I’ve had the chance to watch Ereck Flowers this offseason first-hand," Harrison said Tuesday on Sirius XM Radio, via Big Blue View. The guy is 100 percent committed to doing better than he did last year. He changed his body type, the way that he east, he’s gotten stronger. We just have to see that translate to the field. All of that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be better than he was last year, but just watching the dedication that he’s shown this offseason it’ll be exciting to watch.”

In his first two seasons in the NFL, Flowers has become a whipping boy for all Giants fans. In 2016, Pro Football Focus charted Flowers with having allowed the second-most pressures of all offensive tackles. In his first two seasons, he has allowed the most quarterback pressures combined of all tackles.

Having said all that, Flowers is clearly having his best offseason since entering the NFL. Unlike in previous years, Flowers stuck around New Jersey to train at the Giants facility. He turned heads in OTAs when he returned to practice noticeably slimmer and the improved quickness showed up in both individual and team drills.

The next step is for Flowers to show improvement when the pads come on in training camp and he is tasked with matching up against Olivier Vernon in practice every day.

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Harrison isn't the first Giants teammate to praise Flowers' offseason. Giants left guard Justin Pugh spoke glowingly about Flowers' progress earlier this offseason.

"He's working his butt off," Pugh said of Flowers. "He stayed up here, he's been in there every day. He's one of the first ones over here in the morning. So, I’m excited for what's he's going to put in there. He's definitely worked, I couldn’t say this is the hardest he's worked, but from my perspective, he's been there every day putting in the work. So, he’s ready to go."

According to Pugh, a lot of Giants offensive linemen picked up boxing this offseason in an attempt to improve their hand speed. Flowers was one of those linemen, according to Pugh.

"A lot of guys got into some boxing," Pugh said. "I know Coach Solari talked about working on getting your hand speed up, and things of that nature. But at the same time, offensive line play is still offensive line play. So, you still have to work on those fundamentals that are going to make you a successful offensive lineman."

Giants offensive line coach Mike Solari also sees a different player in Flowers now.

"The first thing about Ereck that jumps out is how much leaner he is," Sullivan said. "You can see that Ereck looks leaner. There is initial quickness that is there that is impressive. Obviously, it doesn’t take rocket science to figure out that here we are in just in our shorts and helmets, you are not going to get a true sense of where we are at from a pass protection standpoint, from a run blocking standpoint. But I think Ereck particularly, and I think Bobby as well, both you see the results of their work and getting them to this point."

Sullivan broke down how being in better shape and improving his quickness will help Flowers fix his overall game.

"Well, I think a big part of that is the ability to have the initial quickness," Sullivan said. "You know, there are some great athletes that can be at that. When we talk about leaner, we certainly don’t want a guy walking around at a buck eighty. We know that he is going to have that size. It is not all pass protection. It is certainly a run blocking that is important. Just being able to change direction, to redirect, to react to the defender’s second move, those types of things, that type of quickness, and I say that, but he has also added some strength and some of those things which should help him. So, again, we are looking forward to seeing where he is once we put the pads on him."

If Flowers can take even a minor step forward in pass protection this season, the Giants offense will immediately improve. More than half of the Giants' 2016 losses can and should be attributed to poor pass protection on the edge leading to errant throws.