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Packers Return Man Ty Montgomery Addresses Criticism From Teammate After Fumbled Kickoff

If you watched Sunday's game between the Packers and Rams and yelled, "Why didn't you just take a knee?" when Green Bay's Ty Montgomery fumbled the ball on a kickoff return with less than two minutes left in the game, you have something in common with the basically the entire Packers team.

According to unnamed members of the Packers who spoke to Michael Silver of NFL.com, Montgomery was instructed by the coaches to take a knee on the kickoff return after Los Angeles pulled ahead 29-27 late in the game. However, Montgomery decided to take the ball out of the end zone and then lost it after getting hit by Ramik Wilson just past the 20-yard line.