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Packers have plans for 'multi-positional' Ty Montgomery

INDIANAPOLIS – While the world debates which position should be listed next to Ty Montgomery’s name, Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy is more focused on the possibilities in 2018.

“He’s a multi-positional player,” said McCarthy at the NFL Scouting Combine. “He’s a running back, but he gives us great flexibility to use him so many different ways. That won’t change.”

Montgomery became a household name in 2016 after his in-season switch from receiver to running back had fantasy-football fans clamoring to classify the 6-foot, 216-pound playmaker.

Stepping in for an injured Eddie Lacy and James Starks, Montgomery’s 5.