When the 2016 season ended with a wildcard loss to the Green Bay Packers, most members of the New York Giants packed up their things, went home and took a break from the grind.

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Left tackle Ereck Flowers was not among them.

Following a subpar sophomore season and mounting questions about his ability to protect quarterback Eli Manning, Flowers opted to remain in East Rutherford for the entire offseason so that he could work on refining his craft.

And that’s not an exaggeration. Flowers, who generally returns to Miami for offseason workouts, never went home. He never took a vacation. He didn’t leave East Rutherford. Not a single time.

“I’m told Ereck Flowers has been in [the] building all offseason — well before the voluntary workouts started,” Kim Jones said during an appearance on NFL Network. “Someone in [the] building told me Flowers didn’t even go home this offseason; he was [there] working in the weight room, working on agility and looks physically much better.”

During rookie mini-camp, Giants offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan shared similar input on Flowers, saying the left tackle had been working hard all offseason and appeared much quicker and leaner. He also praised right tackle Bobby Hart.

“I think if you see Ereck, his body is a lot leaner,” Sullivan said. “It’s very early and we didn’t get a chance to practice against the defense yet, but you do see some increased quickness. I’m just very pleased that both those young men have made that commitment to try to improve their game physically and do the things that they need to do to their bodies to mature and grow.”

It’s clear Flowers was far from satisfied with his performance from a season ago and understands his importance to the team. His dedication this offseasn is admirable and shows signs of real maturity. Now Flowers need to translate all of that into more success on the field in his third NFL season.