MichiganPacker2 posted:ammo posted:DH13 posted:MLF is doing with Jones what MM tried to do with Montgomery.
No, it is not. Montgomery was a WR who wanted to play RB and MM did not have the balls to say no. Jones is a RB that happens to be very very good at swinging out of the backfield and catching passes.
It's also what MM tried to with Cobb quite often. The problem was that he wasn't big enough to carry the ball enough to force defenses to play an extra DB consistently.
Montgomery was a great RB against the Bears for 4 games in 2016 and 2017. Against everyone else he was average.
In the 4 games against the Bears in 2016-2017, he had 36 carries for 304 yards and 3 TDs. 8.4 yards per carry. He had a 16 carry, 162 yard game and another 9 carry, 60 yard game.
In the other 45 games of his career, he's had 167 carries for 668 yards and 4 TDs. That's 4.0 yards per carry and a TD every 67 carries.
Those two games in 2016 with the big yardage totals fooled MM and the staff into thinking he could be a guy that could be a real RB.
Yeah, he was blind to what he COULD do with Jones, just like he was blind to the amazing possibilities of Taysom Hill and cut him and Sean Peyton in NO has had a field day using this exceptional athlete on special teams, gadget plays, etc.