Updated March 2, 2026, 12:02 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Knuckles has left the building.<\/p>\n
The Detroit Lions<\/a> dealt running back David Montgomery to the Houston Texans<\/a> on Monday. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Lions<\/a> traded Montgomery for a package that includes a fourth-rounder, a seventh-rounder and offensive lineman Juice Scruggs.<\/p>\n Scruggs was drafted in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft and has appeared in 37 games, starting 20. The 6-foot-3, 310-pound interior lineman is on the final year of his rookie deal.<\/p>\n Though Montgomery pushed back against the idea he wanted out<\/a> yesterday, ultimately the initial ESPN report from Jeremy Fowler that Montgomery could be moved<\/a> proved correct.<\/p>\n Montgomery’s long-term status came into question last season as his usage dipped. The 5-foot-11, 230-pound back registered career-lows in both carries (158) and rushing yards (716). Montgomery had eight rushing touchdowns for the Lions last season.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n During a six-game stretch from Nov. 16, 2025, at the\u00a0Eagles<\/a>\u00a0through the Lions’ Dec. 21 date against the\u00a0Steelers<\/a>, Montgomery failed to notch double-figure carries in any of those games. Montgomery had less than 10 carries in nine games last season, including seven of the final eight.<\/p>\n In his career, Montgomery has rushed for 6,115 yards and 59 touchdowns. The Iowa State alum has a pair of 1,000-yard rushing seasons and has recorded 1,890 receiving yards and four scores in his 105 NFL games played.<\/p>\n For more\u00a0Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Josh on X,\u00a0@JoshOnLions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated March 2, 2026, 12:02 p.m. ET Knuckles has left the building. The Detroit Lions dealt running back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,56,58,57,36790,36791,44,37822,5010,1589,18378,4588,74961,1593,1576,2619,42,46,36],"class_list":["post-188491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-accessfree","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-sstssportsnfllions","tag-sstsnlions","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagdavid-montgomery","tag-tagdetroit-lions","tag-tagespn-inc","tag-tagfacebook","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-tagjuice-scruggs","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}