The regular season wrapped up with some ex-Cyclones on opposite sides of the field. The Packers beat the Bears but Lazard and Montgomery both made contributions.
David Montgomery didn't have much daylight when he was running but the Bears stuck with the running game, unlike earlier in the season (presumably to try to keep the ball out of Aaron Rodgers' hands). David finished with 22 rushes for 69 yards and, especially in the 2nd half, caught a lot of passes in check-downs and screens. He finished with 9 catches for 63 yards.
For the season, David tied for 5th in rushing yards in the NFL (if the text below is too small, he had 247 rushes for 1070 yards):
He also ended up with impressive numbers receiving: 54 receptions for 438 yards and 2 TDs.
Lazard last night caught 2 passes, both in a late drive in the 4th quarter, for a total of 17 yards. Like last game, both catches resulted in first downs. His 2nd one - 14 yards - looked like it might end up as a TD but he got his feet tripped up by a tackler to go down inside the 10. It seems to me that Rodgers doesn't look for him as much when he's got a healthy group of WRs and Davante Adam is clearly - and rightly - his favorite target.
For the year, Allen ended up with 10 games played, 33 catches, 451 yards and 3 TDs. He also rushed 2x for 17 yards. He played 16 games the year before but was only on special teams for a good chunk of the season and ended up with similar receiving numbers this year compared to last (35 catches, 477 yards).
Both guys are on playoff teams so we have at least 1 more chance to see them play.
David Montgomery didn't have much daylight when he was running but the Bears stuck with the running game, unlike earlier in the season (presumably to try to keep the ball out of Aaron Rodgers' hands). David finished with 22 rushes for 69 yards and, especially in the 2nd half, caught a lot of passes in check-downs and screens. He finished with 9 catches for 63 yards.
For the season, David tied for 5th in rushing yards in the NFL (if the text below is too small, he had 247 rushes for 1070 yards):
He also ended up with impressive numbers receiving: 54 receptions for 438 yards and 2 TDs.
Lazard last night caught 2 passes, both in a late drive in the 4th quarter, for a total of 17 yards. Like last game, both catches resulted in first downs. His 2nd one - 14 yards - looked like it might end up as a TD but he got his feet tripped up by a tackler to go down inside the 10. It seems to me that Rodgers doesn't look for him as much when he's got a healthy group of WRs and Davante Adam is clearly - and rightly - his favorite target.
For the year, Allen ended up with 10 games played, 33 catches, 451 yards and 3 TDs. He also rushed 2x for 17 yards. He played 16 games the year before but was only on special teams for a good chunk of the season and ended up with similar receiving numbers this year compared to last (35 catches, 477 yards).
Both guys are on playoff teams so we have at least 1 more chance to see them play.
