Trey Flowers is ready to put a rough 11 months behind him.
Flowers has missed 11 of the Detroit Lions' past 13 games with an assortment of knee, shoulder and forearm injuries, but the outside linebacker is expected to return to action Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings after practicing Thursday for the second straight day.
“It’s (been) tough," Flowers said Thursday. "I take pride in just playing the game, take pride in my body being prepared for all the compact hits and things, but that’s this game. Sometimes you have good times and then sometimes you got to see the ugly side of it, but I’ve been trying to stay positive.