David Montgomery is on pace to play on Saturday when the Detroit Lions take on the Washington Commanders in the NFC Divisional Round, returning from an MCL injury that cost him the final three games of the regular season.
The veteran running back managed to avoid surgery to repair the injury, though the alternative path was a physically taxing rehabilitation program that Montgomery described as "pretty strenuous," per ESPN's Eric Woodyard.
At the time of the injury, the expectation was that Montgomery would require surgery, but he received three different medical opinions before choosing rehab.