When you go a minimum four days off between games, professional football is the sport best fueled by the phenomenon of recency bias. Any good play a player makes can be instantly offset by the slightest error. Just ask any quarterback who throws for 340 yards, three touchdowns … and an interception in the fourth quarter. Individual schadenfreude, after all, is the lifeblood of social media.
Ty Montgomery is one of the latest to experience such a transition. The Stanford alum is one of the more unique cases in recent history. Bearing No. 88 in the backfield, the New York Jets dynamic football player doubles as a rusher/receiver hybrid.