David Montgomery Dealing With Rib Cartilage Injury

Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery dealing with rib cartilage injury, could miss few weeks.

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00:00 John, the latest is that David Montgomery could miss a little bit of time with the cartilage issue.

00:04 What do you make of that injury report for the veteran running back?

00:07 Yeah, super tough. Earlier this year dealt with a thigh bruise situation, fought his way back,

00:14 and really has been a staple of this Detroit Lions offense. You see a tough gritty runner

00:18 that can handle the football 30 times. For him to go out early against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,

00:24 it looked painful. A rib cartilage situation, Dan Campbell informed the media when he addressed the

00:30 media for the first time this week after an impressive victory. So it appears that, you know,

00:35 this is kind of an injury that when you look at others that have kind of dealt with that situation,

00:40 very slow to heal and very painful. And for his position, a position of contact each and every

00:45 play, it would behoove the Detroit Lions to take their time with David Montgomery. You also have a

00:50 bye week coming up in a couple of weeks. So should Montgomery miss a couple of weeks and, you know,

00:55 following the Raiders game, the Lions do indeed have a bye week. Maybe returning following the

01:00 bye could be the first time that Montgomery does indeed, you know, get reevaluated to return. But

01:06 for the Detroit Lions, it does pose an interesting situation in regards to who's going to step up.

01:10 Could it be potentially Jameer Gibbs? Could it be Craig Reynolds? Devine Ozigbo? Do they look

01:15 outside the organization? It's a big hole to fill, especially given the veterans productivity. I mean,

01:22 man, he was seriously a solid replacement for Jamal Williams, who had a plethora of touchdowns.

01:29 And you just saw David Montgomery be the red zone target primarily for the Detroit Lions.

01:34 And you look at his absence, I do think it'll be very interesting and challenging for the running

01:39 game, who did not really perform as well as they would have liked on the ground against a stout

01:44 Buccaneers defense. But for the Detroit Lions, they do have options. But at this point in time,

01:50 David Montgomery probably going to be away from the team for a little bit of time. Use receivers

01:55 that running back maybe, right, John? Maybe in the interim. Thanks for all the time.