Detroit Lions score 40+ points in consecutive games

FOURTH OFF: MONTGOMERY'S EXPANSION

After signing a two-year extension Saturday night that will keep him in Detroit through the 2027 season, Montgomery took the field at AT&T Stadium Sunday afternoon in front of a national audience and ran for two touchdowns and 80 yards on just 12 carries, averaging 6 .7 yards per carry. Not a bad 24 hours.

“Just to be in a place where I know I'm needed and can show what I can really do, I'm really grateful for that,” Montgomery said after the game.

The two first-half touchdowns for Montgomery were his fifth and sixth of the season, marking the fastest touchdowns ever scored by a Lions player in the first five games of a season. Montgomery has a touchdown run in eight straight games dating back to last season, which is also a franchise record.

Campbell said after the game that watching Montgomery run, break tackles and refuse to go down makes him wish he could put the pads back on and block for a defender like him.

“He’s someone we want to have here long-term,” Campbell said of Montgomery after the game. “We just wanted to make it happen. We couldn't have imagined ourselves in a year or two without having Number 5 here with us. We didn't see it. It didn't make any sense. He's too much a part of it. “He's everything we're looking for and we're not just going to let this guy go.

Montgomery played 19 games for the Lions and scored a touchdown in 16 games (84.2 percent).

“He means as much as anyone (to this team),” Goff said of Montgomery. “He is truly a special player and special teammate. One of my favorite players of all time. I think I told him that. He’s a special guy.”

Goff said Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs should both be in the conversation to be among the top five running backs in the NFL.