GREEN BAY – There have been no announced plans to change Ty Montgomery’s jersey number, but to Head Coach Mike McCarthy, his current one no longer has significance.
Slowly but surely, Montgomery has developed the skills to do anything a running back needs to in the Packers’ offense, on all three downs. He can carry it on first down, catch a pass out of the backfield on second down, and pick up a blitz on third down, if necessary.
He’s not ditching the wide receiver skills that prompted the Packers to draft him in the third round out of Stanford last year in the first place, as he still considers himself a “hybrid” player.