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Most knew that now former Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery wanted to be the starting running back, but with Jahmyr Gibbs, that was an impossible ask.
As such, the Lions traded Montgomery to the Houston Texans, a team where David will be the undisputed RB1 for DeMeco Ryans' team.
That means a key piece of Detroit's offense is now elsewhere, leaving Gibbs with all of the running back burden on his shoulders.
And for Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, he's made his feelings known about the Montgomery trade.
"I'm sick. Selfishly, I'm sick because I love D-Mo," Amon-Ra said on the St. Brown Podcast. "One of my favorite teammates, no matter what the situation was. We knew that he wanted more carries and wanted to play more. He never made it about himself. He was always all about the team, which I know is hard sometimes, especially in his position."
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Montgomery gets his chance
As long as Gibbs was on Detroit's roster, Montgomery was always going to play second-fiddle, and it was clear that he didn't want to do that, and rightly so.
Seen as a running back that would start for nearly every other team in the league, now in Houston, Montgomery will get the chance he craved.
Helping take the pressure off of C.J. Stroud, Montgomery has the perfect chance to establish himself as one of the better backs in football.
To an extent, he did that in Detroit, but now, he gets a clear runway to be the bellcow back.
And St. Brown is sick to lose his teammate as a result.
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