FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- In a move that bolsters depth and could help special-teams units, the New England Patriots have acquired fourth-year linebacker Marquis Flowers from the Cincinnati Bengals, a league source confirmed to ESPN's Field Yates.
The deal was first reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer, which said the Patriots will send a seventh-round pick to the Bengals.
A 2014 sixth-round draft choice out of Arizona, Flowers has been mostly a special teams player for the Bengals. He only took two snaps on defense in the final game of last season, but was a core special teams player the entire year.