If you\u2019re looking for a little bit of optimism that Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery will stick around in 2026, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n
Montgomery is in California for the media blitz that is Super Bowl week, and while joining NFL Network\u2019s coverage, he talked about being in a running back duo with Jahmyr Gibbs. It certainly sounded like that was something he views as pretty important to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe really good teams have the rarity of having two really good guys (at running back), and Jahmyr is one of, if not the best, running backs in the league, and I believe I\u2019m a damn good back myself,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cEvery chance I get to showcase myself, I will.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think having us both together and us both being as selfless as we are, I think it\u2019s really important. It\u2019s something special to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s been some rumormongering this offseason about Montgomery\u2019s future with the team, with some suggesting Montgomery may want out where he can be featured more. While he remains under contract through the 2027 season after signing an extension in 2024, his role diminished this past season after the Lions ran the ball less frequently and featured Gibbs more. Lions general manager Brad Holmes added fuel to the fire when he admitted there were some things the two sides needed to talk through regarding Montgomery\u2019s future with the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose are conversations that we\u2019re going to have to have because I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for that player,\u201d Holmes said. \u201cHe deserves to be in a situation where his skillset can be utilized, and so, yeah, would love for it to be here, but if it can\u2019t be here then you\u2019d just love to see where could work out best for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
At this point, there have been no reports that Montgomery has requested a trade nor are that the Lions are shopping him. But with a new run-heavy offensive coordinator in town and some hopeful words from Montgomery, it\u2019s possible the running back duo of Sonic and Knuckles return in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re looking for a little bit of optimism that Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery will stick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,153,1889,2506,7,147,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-730828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroit-lions-news","11":"tag-detroit-lions-quotes","12":"tag-detroitlions","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-lions","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116017299779251448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}