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It’s week 1. Gibbs looks good. Roll with it and R-E-L-A-X.
He looks very good. Don't think Campbell really cares plus they're about to upset the super bowl Champs in KCIt’s week 1. Gibbs looks good. Roll with it and R-E-L-A-X.
Looked great. Just wasn’t on the field enough.
Yes, it's consistent with the way a lot of coaches go with vets early on and gradually work the rookie in as the season progresses. They signed DM for a reason.
He for sure picked the wrong hole there. Ouch.
Looks to me like 2 blockers got their butts kicked and there was no hole where it was supposed to be. That is a counter, which has a slight delay to its development. The pulling guard whiffs on the OLB and the TE gets driven 2 yards back which takes away the cutback lane. Not sure where he was supposed to go there as it looks like he was surrounded by 3 defenders where the hole was supposed to be.
Yeah, he ran where the hole was supposed to be. As a rookie, you probably want that. But eventually he needs to be trusted and encouraged to improvise on that play.
Kamara was also a 3rd round pick who was splitting with Adrian Peterson and Mark Ingram and he STILL led the RBs in snaps, carries, and tied for touches in his first NFL game.
Montgomery ended up with a decent stat line, but looked so slow and only got what was blocked. At some point things will shift a bit towards Gibbs.
totally agree. Monty looked pedestrian. Gibbs may have missed a couple plays but I'd be happy if I were an owner.
This is where I'm at. He looked fine, but there was nothing to suggest the Lions actually have anything creative planned for him after all. Zero attempts to get him the ball in space. He was just a typical COP play.
That's not what I saw. I believe they definitely have a big plan for Gibbs and he makes their team a lot more dynamic and dangerous. I have zero shares of Gibbs and chose to take JSN over him at 1.2 in a couple of leagues. One being where I traded for the pick and the other where I earned it (who cares about my team, right?). To me Gibbs looked like he has juice to spare and looked good last night IMO. You fantasy guys are fickle.
he clearly would have housed that run.
This is not what I saw at all. Monty got the 'tough carries' between the tackle while Gibbs got plays designed to get him into space. Gibbs looked good and faster, but Monty ran tough, broke tackles, and didn't go down on first contact. To say he only got what was blocked is underselling him hard. This will be a RBBC and a successful Lions run game.
Gibbs had a few inside runs as well - and I'll stand behind what I saw, no offense. Outside of the TD run, Montgomery looked very pedestrian and slow.
he looked like a lesser Jamal Williams to me. He ran for 3.5 ypc against a team that's not good against the run without their best player. He did get volume, yes, but I would not be too excited if I were a Monty owner. I see a Zeke/Pollard type of backfield from last year.
We all want to believe that, but what did you see that would give you any indication that they definitely have a big plan for him? 2 targets, nothing creative, just very bland. Actions speak louder than words, and while their words have been off the charts good, their actions last night were far from it. It was very uninspiring. And I do have shares of Gibbs, not that it matters much.
Don't be impatient. While I don't believe Gibbs will come anywhere close to being used as much as you guys want, he looked like the best player out there last night. The Lions want Gibbs to be what Swift wasn't on a consistent basis. Monty will be the pounder and goal line back, so accept that and look forward to what Gibbs does well. His usage in the passing game will increase and increase substantially.
Dan Campbell said a couple of days ago that they were going to ease him in game 1. The game plan last night at arrowhead was keep Mahomes off the field, run the ball up the middle, and have longer drives to keep the chiefs offense on the sideline and the crowd noise down. The touches and creative ways to get him the ball in space will increase each week. Not worried in the slightest about his usage going forward. There is no way the lions watch that film and say "yea 9 touches was right for him".
Nothing last night - but spending pick 12 is a decent indication.
