mattb78
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Seriously I think people looked at their similar 40 times and said "yep they are the same back". This is Special person. They are completely different runners.
Howard was a straight up traditional power back, tries to run over defenders, lower his head into contact, north south runner, rarely targeted in passing game. Very little horizontal shiftiness.
Montgomery runs with significant horizontal shiftiness, making sharp cuts and generally trying to make a defender miss first instead of trying to run him over. Won't hesitate to bounce it outside. Will stop/start. Significantly more dynamic runner, but definitely less powerful.
They really have 2 completely different styles. Honestly you could put Howard and Cohen on opposite ends of the RB spectrum and find Montgomery in the middle.
I am not saying the Montgomery is the next coming. I think he is a much better fit because of his ability to contribute in the passing game and I am excited about that.
But seriously folks you can't just look at a combine number and say players are similar.
Howard was a straight up traditional power back, tries to run over defenders, lower his head into contact, north south runner, rarely targeted in passing game. Very little horizontal shiftiness.
Montgomery runs with significant horizontal shiftiness, making sharp cuts and generally trying to make a defender miss first instead of trying to run him over. Won't hesitate to bounce it outside. Will stop/start. Significantly more dynamic runner, but definitely less powerful.
They really have 2 completely different styles. Honestly you could put Howard and Cohen on opposite ends of the RB spectrum and find Montgomery in the middle.
I am not saying the Montgomery is the next coming. I think he is a much better fit because of his ability to contribute in the passing game and I am excited about that.
But seriously folks you can't just look at a combine number and say players are similar.