Copying this from the Don Jackson thread...
Here's my take on this whole thing (expanding on my brief take last night) -- full disclosure, I own Jackson in every league, and I own Montgomery in most of them (wish I owned him everywhere, and am trying to acquire -- within reason -- prior to Thursday night):
- At the Combine, Ty Montgomery measured 6', 221lbs and ran a 4.55 40. More impressively (and if you've seen my posts previously about Agility Scores and how they matter), he posted a 6.97 3-cone with a 4.21 short shuttle -- that's a 11.18 Agility Score at 220+ lbs. For context, compared to 220lb+ backs in his draft class, that agility score is pretty solid.
Malcolm Brown (224lbs) - 6.86 3-Cone; 4.15 Short Shuttle -- 11.01 Agility Score
- David Johnson (224lbs) - 6.82 3-Cone; 4.27 Short Shuttle -- 11.09 Agility Score
- Jay Ajayi (221lbs) - 7.10 3-Cone; 4.10 Short Shuttle -- 11.20 Agility Score
- Zach Zenner (223lbs) - 7.08 3-Cone; 4.14 Short Shuttle -- 11.22 Agility Score
- Buck Allen (221lbs) - 6.96 3-Cone; 4.28 Short Shuttle -- 11.24 Agility Score
- TJ Yeldon (226lbs) - 7.19 3-Cone; 4.22 Short Shuttle -- 11.41 Agility Score
- Karlos Williams (230lbs) - 7.16 3-Cone; 4.46 Short Shuttle -- 11.62 Agility Score (gross - not his game)
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Ty Montgomery's draft profile spoke of a guy that could be an excellent RB.
Montgomery essentially played the Starks role on Sunday afternoon and has a career game. The commentators on that game mentioned that Aaron Rodgers told them that RB "might be his [Montgomery's] best position." Starks has kinda sucked all year, but his primary value to the Packers over the last few years has been in the screen game. Green Bay targets very athletic linemen that can get out on screen plays and block downfield. Montgomery brought an element of that back last week that's been missing from the offense. Starks is also out a month, and Lacy could potentially be headed to IR. Even if Lacy returns in a month, Montgomery's role as the Starks-type back is stable for the next few weeks IMO. If he shines... well... can't put that genie back in the bottle, as they say. Starks is averaging 1.8 YPC this year and is 30 years old. He's not invincible.
[*]Jackson's role in this, IMO, is as the Lacy replacement for the short term. I don't really know what to expect from Jackson. I don't think Knile Davis is very good. The Chiefs obviously don't think he's very good either -- basically selling him for a complete unknown pick in 2 years that may or may not be anything more than a 7th rounder. He's averaged a whopping 3.3 YPC for his career. He's not very agile, though he is big and fast. Can that work in GB? Truthfully I don't know, but I kinda think we know what we're going to get with Knile Davis. He'll get what's blocked... that's it. I almost see him as an emergency guy if Jackson got hurt, or if Montgomery got hut... Davis gives them a warm body at the position so they're not left with going 5 wide the whole time or just playing Ripkowski at RB.