Lions reporter Colton Pouncy discusses the impending return of Detroit running back David Montgomery and what it means for the Lions offense. JP and BMitch have high praise for the Lions offensive attack.
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00:00Colton, obviously, they gotta respect Jaden. Terry can make
00:03plays. Um but the Lions offense is is probably the most
00:07explosive weapon in this game. The most explosive unit in this
00:11game. Um what's the health on that side of the ball
00:14particularly on that offensive line? It's been really good.
00:17Yeah, you know, I would say they're pretty healthy. Um you
00:21know, their right guard, Kevin Zeitler has has missed some
00:24time. He got hurt in the week 18th now against the Vikings.
00:27So, we're still not quite sure if he's gonna be ready to go.
00:30He's missed the last 2 days of practice. I think today will be
00:33a big a big um you know uh note to see if he can end up
00:37playing on Saturday but if not, you know, they've got some guys
00:39ready to go. I imagine they would probably turn to uh
00:42rookie guard, Christian Mahogany or maybe um a veteran
00:46backup, KOD, Iwasika. So, they've got some guys ready to
00:49go. Uh I would say offensively though, getting David
00:52Montgomery back is probably the biggest thing that we learned
00:54um just coming out of the bye week because you know, he I
00:58believe heard his MCL uh against the Bills in week
01:01fifteen. That is crazy. Camel made it seem. Yeah, Camel made
01:04it seem like he was gonna miss the rest of the season. He's
01:06gonna get surgery and all of a sudden, we don't see him go on
01:10IR. They're talking about getting a second and a third
01:12opinion. Um got some good feedback back and Montgomery
01:16made the decision like I'm just gonna rest and try to rehab it
01:19and see if I can make a push to return and the fact that he's
01:22back right now. I think some of us thought, okay, maybe
01:25Superbowl if they get that far but the fact that he's here for
01:27their first playoff game is truly remarkable. That's gonna
01:30be such an emotional boost to the guys um when we see him
01:33line up um out there on on Saturday. So, uh yeah, I can't
01:37really understate his return. 28 touchdowns over 2000 or
01:43almost 200 yards rushing by David Montgomery and Jameer
01:47Gibbs but Gibbs has been electrifying. Do they try to
01:53force David back in or do they just easily bring him in and
01:57because Gibbs is he's on fire. Yeah, I mean, it's kind of a
02:01luxury having a guy like Gibbs because you don't really have
02:03to force Montgomery back if you don't think that he can handle
02:06like a regular workload because Gibbs has been playing so well
02:10and I mean, you know, they drafted him twelfth overall for
02:12a reason. I think they always felt that he could handle the
02:13workload they needed him to but I think having the two back
02:16system kind of prolongs both of their careers. I think that's
02:18kind of the idea when they got both of them um but Gibbs has
02:21been been special the last, you know, three games without
02:23Montgomery. Yes. Um so maybe, you know, they still give Gibbs
02:27the majority of the workload and maybe let Montgomery handle
02:29more of the goal line work or short yardage situations but um
02:33Montgomery told us he's ready to go. So, if he is, I imagine
02:36he'll still get some a good amount of touches in the game
02:38like that while Gibbs takes the lead.