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00:00We finally heard David Montgomery speaking with the media,
00:03and he talked about what I think is going to be a big talking point, Clint,
00:07in regards to his workload, how much he's going to be used.
00:12Is this going to be a number one back type?
00:14Is this a guy that's going to get 200-plus touches from running the football?
00:19Here is his response to that.
00:21I'm just here to kind of help and advocate and be a leader of those guys
00:25however they need me to be.
00:27And, you know, talking to Coach, he just needed me to come in and be a leader.
00:31And I've been in the league for going into my eighth year now.
00:34So, yeah, you like to put the veteran thing on it.
00:37But, you know, I honestly feel like I'm in my prime.
00:40And, you know, I take care of my body really well.
00:42So in terms of am I able to handle the workload?
00:46Yeah, because I put a lot of stress and I work a lot harder in the offseason
00:49to ensure myself a chance to being able to do something like that.
00:53All right, he seems to want and believes he can handle a bigger workload.
00:58And that's what we heard a lot.
01:00Amoraz St. Brown, his former teammate with the Lions, he had a podcast talking about.
01:06That's one of the first things he said he's happy for because he knows he wants
01:10more and wants more of a workload.
01:11He is 29 years old, Clint.
01:15And last year he had 158 attempts, rushing attempts.
01:20By the way, that was easily the least of his career.
01:23The only other thing close was the previous year, 185.
01:26But he has been somebody that's had over 200 carries.
01:30He had 24 receptions last year.
01:34So he didn't have a ton of touches and he's been used to splitting things.
01:38They do have Woody Marks and I think they believe in Woody Marks.
01:42Woody Marks had more touches than he had last year by a lot.
01:45Woody Marks had 196 carries and he didn't get the starting spot until, what,
01:50halfway through the year it seemed like and 24 receptions as well.
01:53What do you think the workload is going to be for David Montgomery and what should it be?
02:00Look, I don't think you sign David Montgomery to be a backup to anybody.
02:04I don't think David Montgomery signs anywhere to be a backup to anybody.
02:07I find it hard to believe that David Montgomery wanted out of Detroit
02:12because his carries were getting cut, which we know they were.
02:15I mean, they openly said that in Detroit a couple years ago.
02:18I think the head coach, Dan Campbell, said that.
02:22But you don't leave a situation where you are playing second fiddle to one of,
02:27if not the best back in football right now, in Jameer Gibbs,
02:33to come be second fiddle to Woody Marks.
02:37Like, I just, no slight to Woody Marks, but you ain't Jameer Gibbs.
02:41I don't think he'll be second fiddle.
02:42If he's, look, I don't think David Montgomery left Detroit to go anywhere
02:49and quote-unquote split carries with a second year back.
02:53I just don't believe that's the decision that's made.
02:56I mean, if I'm David Montgomery and I'm going to split back, split carries,
03:01I'm going to go do it with Derrick Henry.
03:02I'm going to go do it with Saquon Barkley.
03:04I'm going to go do it with somebody that is significantly better than me
03:08and I can understand, you know, playing second fiddle or splitting carries.
03:13I just don't see him being a guy that was drawn here by,
03:17I'm going to split carries with somebody.
03:19So, now I agree with your point that they like Woody Marks,
03:23but I'm just a believer, and I know a lot of folks,
03:27it's going to be hard for people to understand
03:28because they watched Woody Marks be the best back here last year.
03:34It's hard for people to wrap their head around,
03:36but Woody Marks is not an every down back.
03:37I don't think Woody Marks is a first down back.
03:40I don't think Woody Marks is a guy that should start games as your first down back.
03:44I think he's a change of pace third down back
03:49and a guy that should be, his efforts and his energies
03:54should be put into being a dual threat guy,
03:57not just a downhill between the tackles guy,
03:59which he had to be last year because it's all we had.
04:02But I think his role should change,
04:04and I think that's how you get a David Montgomery in the house.
04:06Because I want to get the difference between the two.
04:09Because I personally think, Clint,
04:11maybe not to the significance of the split that it was with Jameer Gibbs
04:16and David Montgomery,
04:17but I do think that they brought in David Montgomery
04:20with the thoughts of having Woody Marks as like a 1B.
04:26I feel like you're saying you think it should be David Montgomery
04:32and then not really necessarily a 1B.
04:35You think there should be a clear separation in the carries and touches
04:40between Woody Marks and David Montgomery.
04:42I don't know if that's how they view it.
04:44Like I said, I don't know if it's going to be a David Montgomery
04:49and Jameer Gibbs type of a split,
04:53but I think it may be closer than maybe some desire.
04:56Like I don't think he's going to have 158 attempts.
04:58I think he's going to have more than that.
04:59I think he'll have the most.
05:01But I don't necessarily know if he's going to have like clear,
05:07like one reps.
05:10Like I think we could see Woody Marks get series where it's just him
05:16and have more of a split than maybe some people are looking for.
05:19Well, look, I think they're going to rotate backs.
05:21I do think that Woody Marks has their confidence
05:24in the ability to go get series.
05:26I just think that this offense is going to be built around
05:29and tilted in the favor of David Montgomery.
05:33Hell, I think they already are.
05:34I said it multiple times last year with Woody Marks.
05:37I mean, Woody Marks is going to have the shortest career
05:39in the history of football if he's going to be the guy
05:42that's expected to run downhill.
05:43I love Woody Marks.
05:44I love what he brings to the table.
05:46I just don't believe Woody Marks is –
05:51I don't think his – stylistically he's not a guy that's going to run between –
05:54that you want to ideally run between the tackles consistently by choice,
05:59especially when you've got a guy like David Montgomery
06:01who's been one of the best in the league doing it.
06:03So, I just – I think this team is a much better offense
06:09if you've got a Woody Marks that specializes in certain things
06:14and not just being all things running back.
06:16Personally, I believe that.
06:18I believe you've got David Montgomery who you heard him say he's a power back.
06:22I believe that's exactly what this team wants to highlight on their offense
06:26is a power back.
06:27And I believe that just by nature, I mean, stylistically Woody Marks' best fit
06:33is a change of pace, you know, dual threat type of back.
06:40And I think they need to use him that way.
06:41So, if they – let's say – because I think they want to run the ball a lot.
06:45If they run the ball – and we're talking about from running backs, not CJ.
06:49They run the ball 25 times in a game.
06:52How many attempts do you foresee David Montgomery getting
06:58if they ran it 25 times?
07:00I mean, I think it's every bit of two to one.
07:01I mean, I think he's high teens at the very least.
07:05I mean, obviously that kind of conversation depends on how the game goes.
07:09But, yeah, I mean, if the game gets out of hand and you're playing catch-up
07:12and then Woody Marks becomes the guy that can do more and run more routes
07:14and do more things, if the game stays close, like D'Amico wants the game to stay,
07:20then I think that you get a heavy dose of David Montgomery.
07:23I think David Montgomery was brought in here to be the power back
07:27that the Texans didn't have.
07:29I think he was brought in here to improve the spots where they struggled last year,
07:34which was short yardage and really red zone, goal line type situations.
07:38And I think he gets a heavy dose of one RB duties on his team.
07:46Which I don't know if this is accurate.
07:49Isaiah, unless you're Saquon Barkley or Adrian Peterson, you are splitting carries.
07:55He's not that kind of back.
07:59Listen, he split carries with Jameer Gibbs in a major way.
08:04I think we're going to see him get the majority of the carries.
08:09But I do – I don't know that I agree with that.
08:12I think there are a lot of backs that aren't named Saquon Barkley and Adrian Peterson don't do that.
08:17But I do think it's closer than maybe some would want because I think they really like Woody Marks.
08:26And I think they view Woody Marks as more than just a third down change of pace back.
08:33Yeah, look, I just – I mean, that's – I don't know what they do or don't like.
08:37I just know – watching these guys play, I think that's the way – that would be the best case
08:41scenario for this offense to approach football with those two backs as – in those positions.
08:49Look, I think that's a broad statement.
08:51You know, whatever – I don't know if that was – which text line or –
08:53Yeah, Jonathan Taylor.
08:54Jonathan Taylor, I think, can get his own – can get –
08:57Well, but that's not – but you're not – those guys – those are – I mean, Christian McCaffrey gets
09:03most of the touches in an offense.
09:05But that has no – that has no – he has no place in this conversation.
09:09I'm just telling you, this is an offense that is okay.
09:13They're clearly going to go out there and say, hey, we got a neat – D'Amico said, we got
09:17to get better at the running back position.
09:19They went out and paid $6, $7 million for David Montgomery.
09:22And they're not looking for a hit-your-head-on-the-goal-post-back.
09:25They're not – they're looking for a guy that can get downhill and keep you ahead of the chains.
09:29They're looking for a guy that can – that can be right more times than he's wrong.
09:34They're looking for a guy that can be a leader, that's seen it all, that can direct the troops.
09:39I mean, they're – it's not a – I think – I think offensive scheme matters.
09:45And in this situation, I think you're going – I think we're going to get ahead.
09:49It's going to be expected that in a perfect game where the game's tight or you're leading,
09:54I think you're going to get a heavy dose of David Montgomery.
09:57Again, I think it's probably 2-1, whatever that works out to be.
10:02I think it's probably 2-1.
10:03I think it's closer to 2-1 than it is 50%.
10:07We'll see.
10:08I wonder what – David Montgomery sounds like it.
10:11He sounds like he's – and I think that's a good point that you made of he wouldn't come here
10:19if he had other options to come here to do exactly what he did with Jameer Gibbs.
10:24Yeah.
10:26So, we'll see.
10:27I do think they'll probably protect him a little bit with his age and his legs,
10:31a little bit to try to get through the season at 29 years old.
10:35But I do think he is hopeful that he gets more of a bigger role than he had in Detroit
10:44the last couple of years.
10:45Well, I just – I hope that, you know, in my opinion, Ron, what I would like to see happen
10:49is, you know,
10:54the emphasis needs to be put on guys – what are their roles?
11:00You know, what are they going to be?
11:02I mean, there's too much of all things to everybody in this offense.
11:06From the scheme, from the game plan, to the way they use their receivers,
11:10to everybody who plays every position, there has to be some kind of specialty items on this offense.
11:18You know, and it's just – I think it can start at the running back position.
11:22I think it's obviously going to bleed into the tight end position.
11:27I mean, we – like, the thought of every receiver, the way we're going to grade our receivers
11:31and judge our receivers is if you can motion to the backfield and lead up on a safety that's come
11:37down
11:37or a backer, then you can play in this offense and you can get run in this offense.
11:42Like, there has to be some level of specialty players throughout this offense.
11:49And I think the running back position, I think they've got the guys in place to play to their strengths
11:55and show that there's a little bit of specialty to these guys.
12:00Yep.
12:01All right.
12:01That's David Montgomery talking about that workload.
12:04I am really intrigued to see what that looks like because he sounds like he is ready to take on
12:10a major workload.
12:12By the way, something else he said today, can we play – he was supposed to be talking about the
12:20conversations he's had
12:22with Nick Cayley and his offensive identity.
12:25But he said something that stopped him in his tracks.
12:27You will hear this.
12:28You will not – and I'll probably tell Tyler to stop because I don't need to hear anything else after
12:32that.
12:32But this – he cracks me up because I want to know what he was thinking when he saw this
12:36person for the first time.
12:39You know, I talked to Coach Cayley a little bit.
12:42We really wasn't talking much about, like, X's and O's.
12:45It was more of him just trying to learn who I was and learning about my family.
12:48Like, you know, just real surface-level stuff.
12:51But when that time comes, we'll get to it, and we'll be prepared for it however we need to.
12:55I talked to CJ briefly.
12:56He just fired up, ready to go.
12:58I seen Trent.
12:59He's a big human.
13:01Trent is a – he's a – that's a giant.
13:03I've never seen, like, somebody, like, would pass that big outside of Skippy.
13:08But he's huge.
13:09And then, you know, you got big Aang.
13:10All right, man.
13:12And then he stopped in his tracks.
13:15I want to know what David Montgomery – what he said to himself the first time he laid eyes on
13:20him in person.
13:21I want to – like, he had to walk to him and just said, damn, like, to himself.
13:26Damn.
13:27Like, I think I've said it to myself when Trent has walked past us in, like, OTAs or training camp,
13:35like, damn.
13:37Like, that's a – and I feel bad for Trent because I feel like the first time you meet Trent,
13:41any person in the world,
13:44that they're just staring and just looking at this massive individual and shocked by it.
13:51And I think he knows it, they know it, but nobody says it.
13:54I bet it's like the first couple of times, just like, that is a big person.
13:596'8", 3'8", he'll do that.
14:02That is about as big as they come right there.
14:04I need to look up the numbers on Big Boy.
14:06What was the Big Boy I was talking about that came from Wisconsin?
14:09Aaron Gibson.
14:09Oh, Aaron Gibson.
14:10He was four.
14:10He was fourspin.
14:11I need to look at – I need to look up.
14:13That's the largest – that's the largest human being that I've ever been around.
14:17Trent's pretty big, man.
14:18That's a – like, tall –
14:19But the thing with Trent is from about mid-quad down, it's normal.
14:24Yeah.
14:25I mean, he's got a smaller lower half, which allows him to move as best as he can at 6
14:29'8", 380, obviously.
14:30Quads up.
14:30But, yeah, man, from about quads up.
14:33We'll – hell, that quads ain't that impressive.
14:34We'll probably go with waist up.
14:35Waist up.
14:37On Big Trent.
14:38But, yeah, Aaron Gibson was the biggest – let me see how big Aaron Gibson was.
14:42I mean, that sucker had a – I mean, that head on that there crawfish.
14:45Oh.
14:46You can't even send him that hat.
14:48No, he has no hat.
14:50Yeah, just no hats.
14:51Just that he doesn't get to wear hats.
14:52Yeah, man, that's – yeah, that man just said that.
14:54He stopped.
14:55He said, man, that is a big joker.
14:57I mean, his shoes and everything.
14:59He completely stopped what he was talking about.
15:01That's a unit.
15:02That is a big man.
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