David Montgomery Week 4 Outlook - Saints at Lions

By Mike Tagliere (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 1st 2020, 9:38am EDT

Now that Tarik Cohen is out for the year with a torn ACL, this is Montgomery's backfield. While Cordarrelle Patterson will be involved, it's hard to see his current workload of 5.0 carries per game go up. That would mean Montgomery would inherit most of Cohen's 7.7 opportunities per game. This moves Montgomery into 20-touch potential most weeks, including games like this one where it's projected to be competitive. Unfortunately, it's not a great matchup against this Colts defense, who, under Matt Eberflus, have allowed just one 100-yard rusher through 35 regular season games. It doesn't help that their opponents have averaged just 51.3 plays per game this year, limiting opportunity. Running backs have averaged just 24.3 touches per game against the Colts, which is the sixth-lowest mark in the league. Even going back to the start of last year, the Colts allowed just nine top-20 running backs in their last 19 games. Montgomery may have a bigger workload, but he'll need it to perform in this game. Consider him a low-end RB2/high-end RB3 in this tough matchup, just know that his ceiling isn't very high.