The Detroit Lions entered their Week 4 Monday Night Football game against the Seattle Seahawks with some serious injury news. After injuring his ankle last week against the Arizona Cardinals, Lions star Sam LaPorta is ready for the team’s game against the Seahawks.
The Lions outscored Seattle 21-7 in the second half. Then Detroit running back David Montgomery opened the scoring with a one-yard touchdown late in the first quarter. With the score, Montgomery has hit seven straight for the Lions, according to Detroit Lions PR on X .
RB had a six-year winning streak with four rushing touchdowns in a season. He had a seven-game hitting streak last season in Week 15 of last season. During the 2023 season, Montgomery had a rushing touchdown in the Wild Card Round game against the Los Angeles Rams and another in the conference championship game against the 49ers, which Detroit defeated 34-31 missing out on a trip to the Super Bowl.
David Montgomery tied the Lions record for games and rushing touchdowns in MNF
The last time Montgomery was out of the end zone was last season’s playoffs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He failed to score in a regular season game in Week 14 in 2023 against the Denver Broncos.
Last season, Montgomery managed 219 carries for 1,015 yards and 13 scores.
He has four hits in three and a half games in 2024. Montgomery was the third overall pick of the Chicago Bears in the 2019 draft. He spent the first four seasons of his career in Chicago before signing a three-year, $18 million contract with the Lions through 2023. .
The returning veteran in Detroit has been replaced by Jahmir Gibbs, selected by the Lions with the 12th overall pick in the 2023 draft out of Alabama. In the first half of the Lions-Seahawks game on Monday Night Football, Montgomery had eight carries for 42 yards and a touchdown while Gibbs had eight rushes for 46 yards and two scores. to the floor.
