Dallis Flowers

Career StatsD+

Year	Team	GP	INT	PD	Tkl
Career		22	—	3	39
2025		1	0	0	1
2024		6	0	0	9
2023		4

Season	Team	GP	Tkl	Sacks	INT	PD	Grade
2024		6	9	0.0	0	—	F F Bottom 5%
2023		4	15	0.0	0	—	C+ C+ Top 48% — above average
2022		13	14	0.0	0	—	F F Bottom 5%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Earning a C- Contract Value Index, Dallis Flowers' deal reflects how Chicago valued the cornerback position market at the veteran depth level. At $1.215M AAV, this is a below-market, prove-it contract for a 29-year-old fourth-year player, and the Bears are essentially betting on reclamation value rather than established production—a reasonable wager on paper, but one the on-field evidence has not yet justified. Flowers' 2025 season shows 1 tackle across 1 game, a statistical profile so sparse it functionally amounts to a camp body role; combined with zero career interceptions and just three passes defended in four NFL seasons, there is no tape to suggest he can stabilize a secondary already under organizational scrutiny. The recentTeamDirection data reveals Chicago has been active reshuffling its secondary through the offseason—releasing established veterans and signing fresh alternatives—signaling a room in active evaluation, not consolidation, which further diminishes Flowers' job security and contract leverage. The media framing and sentiment context align on a single narrative: Flowers arrives as organizational noise masking roster desperation, and with the F sentiment grade reflecting minimal public expectation, his path to justifying even a modest $1.215M investment runs through a training camp prove-it window where he must demonstrate tangible coverage stability. This contract carries light dead-cap risk given its low AAV, but it also leaves little margin for error—if Flowers cannot seize a defined role during the preseason phase ahead, the Bears' recent secondary decisions will look even more reactive than they already do.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Dallis's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Dallis Flowers earns a D+ for the Bears at cornerback, a young defensive back who has shown competitiveness but has not yet earned a consistent role. Flowers has the physicality to compete in press coverage and has been willing to mix it up with receivers at the line. His speed in recovery has been a concern, and he has given up some big plays when beaten off the line. Chicago is developing their secondary, and Flowers is one of many young corners fighting for snaps. He has enough to stay in the mix, but the consistency needs to improve to earn a real role.

How Dallis Compares at the Position

Dallis Flowers ranks 204th of 270 graded cornerbacks by performance. That slots Dallis between Zion Childress (D+) just ahead and Chris Roland-wallace (D+) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

Dallis Flowers carries an F sentiment grade right now, with the conversation around his minimal on-field production shaping the narrative. The dominant media framing treats the 29-year-old cornerback's arrival in Chicago as organizational noise—a lateral practice squad reshuffling dressed up in a hometown connection story that masks what the league increasingly sees as a desperation move in the wake of the Bears' loss to Minnesota. His 2025 season production of 1 tackle across 1 game leaves virtually no evidence he can stabilize a secondary already under scrutiny, and that statistical barrenness aligns perfectly with the D+ performance grade shadowing him into camp. The Bears' recent secondary decisions—including this one—feel reactive rather than strategic to observers watching Chicago add pieces at linebacker, defensive line, and offensive tackle while the cornerback room continues to shuffle low-impact veterans, and fans are noticing the disconnect. The bottom line is that Flowers enters the building with the lowest possible ceiling of expectations: the media narrative will remain decidedly negative until on-field evidence substantial enough to rewrite it emerges, and with zero career interceptions and just three passes defended across four seasons, the path to that reversal looks impossibly steep.