With Ty Montgomery keeping his No. 88 as he transitions to the featured back role fulltime, I think a lot of people are wrong about Montgomery. I don’t think Montgomery is a niche or just keeping the position warm until someone better comes along.
Of Montgomery’s 77 carries last year, he broke off at least 12 for a 10-yard gain. That’s 16 percent. Denver’s C.J. Anderson had 15 percent on 110 carries and Ezekiel Elliott had 15 percent as well on a league-leading 322 carries.
Obviously, 77 carries is a pretty small sample size that was thrust into the running back role due to a rash of injuries, but the thing that separates Montgomery is that he’s multifaceted.