The Lions Are Cooking Up Something Wild With Gibbs & Montgomery
The Detroit Lions aren’t done being fun. After a 2024 season where they lit up the field with one of the NFL’s most exciting backfields, the Lions are now scheming up something even spicier for 2025.
Last year, Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery — aka “Sonic and Knuckles” — took turns shredding defenses. While most teams are ditching the traditional running back game, the Lions doubled down and got rewarded with over 2,100 rushing yards between these two.
Now, the plan? Get them on the field at the same time. A lot more.
Quarterback Jared Goff recently revealed that the team is experimenting with all kinds of ways to use both backs together. Think: one catches a pass while the other blocks, then flips. Or both running routes. Or both in motion. Basically, pure chaos for defenses, and Goff’s loving it.
“You don’t ever want to take either of them off the field,” Goff said. “So we’re finding creative ways to keep them both out there — and it’s a lot of fun.”
Fun is kind of the theme in Detroit these days.
Stat nerds will point out the Lions barely used two-back sets last year — just 1.6% of the time, thanks in part to Montgomery missing some games. But even with just one on the field, the Lions had a top-10 rushing attack, averaging 4.7 yards per carry.
Still, why settle when you’ve got two weapons like Gibbs and Montgomery?
They both can run, catch, block — and now, under a refreshed offensive scheme (with Ben Johnson gone), Detroit’s offensive staff is trying to turn these guys into matchup nightmares.
If this works the way Goff’s teasing, opposing defenses better start stretching now — because Sonic and Knuckles are coming, and they’re bringing tricks.
Lions Are Cooking Something Spicy with Gibbs & Montgomery — Goff Dishes All
