On Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, Jahmyr Gibbs finished with 31 snaps on offense and David Montgomery finished with 30. Detroit Lions running backs coach Scottie Montgomery said that while the team values each player equally and in their own way, that sort of identical split was not necessarily intentional.
“I don’t even know how that happens in a game,” Scottie Montgomery said on Wednesday. “But they do work well together, and there are certain things that they both can do.”
And that last point is what makes the two unique. From the outside, it may look like Detroit has a “thunder and lightning” duo, with Montgomery responsible for the power running game and Gibbs the electric speedster who will kill opposing defenses on the perimeter.