Allen Park — The comparisons are going to be inevitable, at least for a little while. After Jamaal Williams set the franchise's single-season rushing touchdown record, pacing the NFL with 17 scores, the team opted to go a different direction in free agency, signing former Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery.
Even during Montgomery's introductory press conferences, the contrast between the two was stark. Williams was always charmingly silly, quick to go off on a tangent about topics having little to do with football. Montgomery is serious and all-business.
Asked about Williams, in the context of how much he saw what Detroit's former back was able to accomplish last year, Montgomery made it clear he's his own man, ready to carve out his own legacy with the Lions.