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The Detroit Lions running back room is quite a bit different to start 2026 OTAs than it was a year ago. Jahmyr Gibbs remains, but the two RBs immediately behind him for the last two-plus years are gone. David Montgomery and Craig Reynolds are not in Detroit anymore, and that opens up some changes in the RB room.
The Daily DLP breaks down the status of the Lions running back room. Gibbs has asserted himself as one of the elite NFL RBs, capable of leading the NFL in scoring. Gibbs’ emergence came at the expense of Montgomery, who was traded to Houston this offseason. There are some things that the Lions will miss about Montgomery, but some data from the fantasy football world about Montgomery’s ability to gain yards before and after contact should ease the sting.
Isiah Pacheco, Sione Vaki, Kye Robichaux and Jabari Small will all compete for the running back reps behind Gibbs in OTAs. Pacheco is the clear front-runner as a free agent who can do a lot of the same things stylistically as Montgomery. Vaki will get a chance to put his best foot forward in his third season in Detroit, hoping to show he can be more than just a special teams standout.
An NFC North foe has some trouble at RB. Packers RB Josh Jacobs was arrested on some very disturbing domestic violence charges, and that calls into question his future in the NFL. The Lions don’t have problems like that. Good.
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