Detroit Lions player has a special reason to circle matchup vs. Cincinnati Bengals on 2025 NFL schedule
Cincinnati is a football town with or without the Cincinnati Bengals. A renowned high school football scene has produced great NFL players of the past and present, and Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery can proudly include himself in that company.
Montgomery was a three-star recruit out of Mt. Healthy High School about 11 miles north of downtown Cincinnati. He went on to become a successful college player at Iowa State before being selected in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. He left Chicago to join the Lions in free agency back in 2023.
In six NFL seasons, Montgomery has played against the Bengals once, and that game took place in Chicago. His second-ever game against his hometown team, however, will be played in the Queen City. And that has him excited.
As part of a video promoting Detroit’s 2025 regular season schedule, Montgomery was asked which of the Lions’ upcoming opponents he’s looking forward to playing the most. The 27-year old proceeded to pick up the Bengals logo attached to a wooden stick.
“If you know, you know,” Montgomery said to the camera. “This one personal.”
Montgomery appears to be locked in on playing against his hometown team in front of his hometown. He hasn’t played an organized game in the 513 area code since 2015, so this game will be 10 years in the making. . .or at least nearly 10 years.
The Bengals host the Lions in Week 5 of the NFL calendar on Oct. 5, exactly nine years, 10 months, and 29 days since Montgomery’s final home game with Mt. Healthy all the way back in 2015. Iowa State didn’t played Cincinnati from 2016-18 when Montgomery was on the team as the two programs weren’t both in the Big 12 just yet, and being drafted to the NFC added more time in the way of Montgomery’s eventual return to Cincy.
This was already going to be a captivating regular season matchup for the Bengals considering how good the Lions have been in the last two years. The extra layer of Montgomery wanting to put on a show for his hometown only adds to to the intrigue, and Cincinnati’s defense best be prepared for it.
This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.
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