Overview
- The team announced the signing Thursday, placing the 30-year-old on the 53-man roster.
- James Pierre was limited Wednesday with a calf injury, and Brandin Echols did not practice due to a groin issue.
- Week 17 at Cleveland presents Pittsburgh with a chance to clinch the division.
- Flowers appeared in two games for the Lions this season, logging 12 defensive and 11 special-teams snaps with no recorded statistics before his Dec. 1 release.
- A 2018 fifth-round pick by Seattle, Flowers has played 97 NFL games with four interceptions and 22 passes defensed, and he is viewed as a special-teams contributor.