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practicing with a surgical mask on at times last week as the flu had hit him and several teammates ahead of the Seahawks' Monday night win over the Minnesota Vikings.Flowers was determined to practice despite his illness and used the mask to limit exposure to his teammates. His efforts shone through against Minnesota when he intercepted Kirk Cousins on the first play of the fourth quarter in a key victory for Seattle that moved the team into first place in the NFC West."I’m still learning that it’s just every day Tom Compton Jersey ," Flowers said. “You’ve got to come in and do it every day. Your technique doesn’t waste any time and it doesn’t matter who you’re going against, you’ve got to work it and keep working it.”Flowers lost 12 pounds due to the illness and he said he was scared to step on a scale again to see where he was this week. His commitment has helped the former college safety at Oklahoma State transition to cornerback and begin to find consistent success in his second season with the Seahawks."It’s such a difficult position to play out there and particularly for a guy that doesn’t have it in his history," coach Pete Carroll said. “He’s really grown into his own. He’s such a beautiful athlete and he’s such a good competitor, and he’s a tough guy. It’s great to see him coming through and making it."Flowers has three interceptions this season for Seattle after not recording one during his first season with the team. Despite his newness to the position, Flowers started 15 games as a rookie. It was a work in progress as Flowers had to learn Seattle’s cornerback technique and how to see the game from a different vantage point."He's certainly worked his tail off and he's always improving," defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. said. "He's going to make his mistakes and then he's going to learn from his mistakes. We all get better by our failures and our mistakes and he's certainly gotten better every single time he's gone out.”It’s an ongoing process for Flowers, which is why he tried to keep practicing last week despite an illness that forced receivers Tyler Lockett and David Moore, defensive tackle Poona Ford and backup center Jordan Roos to go home."It was pretty crazy," Flowers said. “They tried to send me home, I wasn’t taking that for an answer, I had to put on the doctor mask. Then I looked I was going to die out here. I’m glad all of that is over with, we’re trying to get back to normal."Flowers’ improvement is an aspect of the defenses' improvement as the season has progressed. The addition of Quandre Diggs at free safety has settled the back end of the defense. Meanwhile, the pass rush has finally blossomed as well and the result has been 11 turnovers forced over the team’s last three games.“I think we’re just all hitting our stride,” Flowers said. “We’re getting better. We’re not at the top and we’re for sure not perfect Alexander Mattison Minnesota Vikings Jerseys , so we’re just going to keep getting better.”Notes: DE Jadeveon Clowney (core) and DE Ziggy Ansah (neck) will be game-time decisions Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams. … CB Neiko Thorpe had surgery to address a sports hernia and will be placed on injured reserve. … FB Nick Bellore (quadriceps), TE Luke Willson (hamstring) and LB Mychal Kendricks (hamstring) are doubtful to play against the Rams. Rookie LB Cody Barton will likely replace Kendricks in the lineup. Hi kids, how are we doing after that game? I gotta say, I didn’t think the Vikings had much of a chance down 20-0 at halftime, but of course, that historic second half comeback really changed the narrative of the Vikings heading into the bye week.This was a tale of two halves, split into a cautionary tale of what the season would have become, and promising sign of what can be. We talk about ‘must win’ games a lot in the NFL, and with 30 minutes left, this game against Denver, a game everyone thought was going to be a relatively routine win, suddenly became the most ‘must win’ game on the Vikings schedule. Let me explain.The first half reinforced every negative stereotype and narrative that had built up over this team since their NFC Championship Game loss, and the post game recriminations and call for firings were going to be loud, brutal Minnesota Vikings Jerseys 2019 , and continuous, as there would have been two weeks to vent heading into the bye week.And the hot takes from all corners of the Internet would have become insufferable.Had the Vikings lost, I think the negativity would have ramped up to a fever pitch, and could have derailed the season. Think about it for a minute, and tell me where I’m wrong. For two weeks, there would have been non-stop talk about not being able to beat a team they should have in the annual ‘clunker’ game. A disillusioned and pissed off fanbase would almost be eager to wrap themselves in the ‘here we go again’ mentality that, in our defense, is due in large part to the Vikings historical futility and recent performances in moments like this.It’s not like the Vikings are blameless in this.The noise around Kirk Cousins and his future with the Vikings would have become a huge distraction, regardless of what the team would have publicly said. There would have been serious talk about whether or not Cousins would, or should, get an extension, and all the talk over the next two weeks would have been along the lines of whether or not Minnesota should take a QB in the first round of the draft.Instead of 8-3, the Vikings would be 7-4, with almost no shot of overtaking Green Bay to win the NFC North. Depending on the outcomes of the games played during their bye week Alexander Mattison Jersey nfl draft , they’d be tied at 7-4 with the Rams, and in a dogfight for the final playoff spot. That would just feed and reinforce the negativity around Cousins and his ability to win and take the Vikings to the playoffs, and that would make the Monday Night game in Seattle almost a sink or swim game for the Vikings, the postseason, and possibly the Mike Zimmer era.And with the crushing weight of expectations coming out of the bye, coupled with what would have been a horrible home loss to Denver heading into the bye, I would put the Vikings chances of winning that game about the same as me stumbling across a billion dollars walking my dog.For the record, I don’t live in a billion dollar neighborhood.Instead of that post-apocalyptic alternate reality, instead we are in a landscape that’s about as close to unicorns and rainbows that we’ve seen in the Cousins era. Minnesota does, in fact, sit at 8-3, and they’ve climbed to within a half game of the Packers, who travel to San Francisco next week while the Vikings are on a bye. There’s a very real chance that come next Monday morning, the Vikings will be in a tie for first in the NFC North with Green Bay Alexander Mattison Jersey Cheap , and they won’t even play a game.Instead of dreaming of ways to trade, cut, or bench Cousins, people are starting to change their outlook on him. Suddenly, he’s gone from a career .500 stat padder to a gutsy, gunslinging comeback kid who’s now played himself into the MVP conversation with some incredible and almost turnover free football for the last two months.So, enjoy the bye week. Hopefully, some key players will get healthy, and the Vikings will be at full strength when they go to Seattle. Speaking of that game, it’s still going to be a huge game, but instead of it being a sink or swim game, it now becomes a litmus test as the VIkings get ready for the playoffs. Oh, I’m sure if Minnesota loses there will still be some wailing and gnashing of teeth, and the Chicken Little crowd will come out in force...but a loss won’t be crippling Alexander Mattison Jersey Womens , near season ending loss.And heck, if they win, they pass Seattle and move into the five seed, maybe catch Green Bay, and now we’re having serious conversations about a division title, first round bye, and maybe homefield advantage...all which seemed unthinkable when the Vikings walked off the field in Chicago, in a game that feels like it took place years ago.What a difference a half of football makes.Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.