Lions End NFL’s Most Prolific RB Duo—Montgomery Shipped Out Mid-Combine

Less than 24 hours after publicly denying he wanted out of Detroit, David Montgomery found himself a Houston Texan. The Lions completed the first significant trade of the 2026 NFL offseason on March 3, sending their veteran running back to the Texans in a move that stunned fans who had taken Montgomery’s own social media rebuttal at face value.

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