BTW- anyone know if the Pats giving up the 7th round pick is contingent on Flowers making the time? Teams often have provisos like that in deals that don't make the media coverage the first time around.
Either way what this tells me is that BB is loading up on LB's rather than 4-3 DE's . THAT tells me that he's looking to play more 3 man fronts, and he now has the guys to run it. Brancc/Valentine in the middle to go along with Guy, Brown, and Butler at the ends.
I doubt it will look like the old 3-4 he ran in the early 2000's, but our talent is more suited for that look now, than the 4-3 talent we had last season. It could be the reason he's adding LB's rather than true 4-3 DE's to the roster