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David Montgomery Is the NFL Rookie You Need to Know About

Matt Nagy doesn't want you to get too excited about David Montgomery.

The Chicago Bears rookie running back packed a lot of highlight-stick moments into just three carries, three catches and one touchdown in an otherwise dreary preseason game against the Carolina Panthers last week. Head fakes. Spin moves. Stop-and-go cuts. Soft hands on sideline tosses.

After the game, even the Bears head coach sounded swept up in the excitement.

"He runs hard. He runs really, really hard," Nagy said in his postgame press conference. "He runs violent.