Packers’ Ty Montgomery looking to embrace hybrid role in 2018
When drafted in 2015 out of Stanford, Ty Montgomery was primarily going to be used as a wide receiver and special teams/return man. Little did he know, he’d be used as much more. 2015, he was used as a return man and wide receiver. 2016 saw him transition to a full-time running back due to the injury issues at the position at the time. He had 77 attempts for 457 yards and 3 total touchdowns. He was good for 5.9 YPC, the highest on the team at the time.
2017 saw him transition into a wide receiver/running back hybrid but due to a nagging ankle injury, he saw the field on a limited basis. He only caught 23 passes in 5 games for 173 yards and 1 touchdown. He ran the ball 71 times for 273 yards and 3 touchdowns. Good for only 3.8 YPC. Overall in 14 games started, he’s carried the ball a total of 151 times for 744 yards and 6 touchdowns.
He was asked about it in an interview on Thursday, saying: “I feel like this is what I should be doing, doing multiple things, running the ball out of the backfield, catching the ball out of the backfield, and catching the ball outside.” “You know, it’s one of the benefits of me being able to keep my number 88 and having the skill set that I have is what personnel do you have out there, how do you line up to this set or this formation or this personnel that we’re in.” “So I think it’s about matchups and creating mismatches.”
It also creates questions for defensive coordinators. How do you defend a guy who can play multiple positions at a high level every game? That’s exactly what you want an offensive weapon like Montgomery to do. It helps the offense be more effective and efficient as a whole as well. Green Bay as an organization knows that they have a special player with him. Someone who can be a multi-positional threat. Montgomery looks to get back to his peak form in 2018 for Green Bay and if he does, look out.
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