After the Detroit Lions’ Thursday night loss in Buffalo, there was at least one former Lion worth keeping an eye on over the weekend: David Montgomery.
Now with the Houston Texans after being traded in the offseason as part of the deal that brought Juice Scruggs to Detroit, Montgomery opened his new season with a bang. Houston lost its opener to the Bills, 36-31, but Montgomery made plenty of noise in his first game in a Texans uniform.
The 5-foot-11, 230-pound back ran 20 times for 60 yards and scored twice on the ground, finding the end zone from 1 yard out and again from 18 yards. He was active as a receiver, too, catching three passes for 19 yards and adding a 7-yard touchdown grab.
Montgomery and the Texans now turn their attention to a Sunday matchup with Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals at Reliant Stadium in Houston, with both teams still searching for their first win.
Back in Detroit, Jahmyr Gibbs has been every bit the explosive weapon the Lions expected, even if the results were mixed over the first two weeks. He opened the season against the New Orleans Saints with 29 carries for 156 yards and two touchdowns, plus five catches for 30 yards.
But on the short week against Buffalo, the Lions’ ground game never got rolling. Gibbs had 16 carries for 52 yards, though he still found the end zone through the air with an 11-yard touchdown catch from Jared Goff. He finished that game with six receptions for 61 yards.
Gibbs has already shown why Detroit invested so heavily in him, and his August contract extension only reinforced that. Still, Montgomery’s move to Houston leaves the Lions with a thinner backfield, and with Isiah Pacheco expected to miss significant time after recent back surgery, there is real concern about how Detroit can keep Gibbs fresh and limit the wear on him.
The depth behind him has been light so far. Through two games, Sione Vaki has logged three carries for 14 yards and added two catches for 24 yards.
For now, the numbers tell the story: Gibbs has accounted for 92% of the Lions’ carries or targets to running backs this season, a huge jump from his 64% share last year.
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