Running back David Montgomery as a perfect fit for Matt Nagy’s offense looked like just another miscalculation symptomatic of a wayward offense that had sent the Bears’ season drifting into oblivion.
But not anymore. With a revamped offensive line and a re-tooled offensive scheme, Montgomery suddenly has become the productive, efficient running back the Bears’ envisioned when they traded up 14 spots to get him in the third round of the 2019 draft.
For the fourth consecutive game, the Bears’ offensive resurgence with Mitch Trubisky at quarterback was spearheaded by Montgomery. The second-year back rushed for a career-high 146 yards on a career-high 32 carries and scored two touchdowns in the Bears’ 33-27 victory over the Vikings on Sunday at U.