Why it Worked, Week 15: Ty Montgomery breaks loose against Bears

Unless you’ve been living on MARS eating poo-tatoes for the past week, you’ve probably heard about Ty Montgomery’s performance this past Sunday against the Chicago Bears. The new Packers wunderkind ran around, over, and through the Bears defense on Saturday to the tune of 162 yards on the ground, with 96% of those yards coming after making contact with a defender.

156 of Ty Montgomery's 162 rushing yards today came after contact, and he forced seven missed tackles

— Gordon McGuinness (@PFF_Gordon) December 18, 2016 While I urge caution to widespread overreaction based upon one game’s final stat line, I do have hope that Montgomery will be able to keep it up.

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