Detroit Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs is expected to play more than the 19 of 70 offensive snaps he played in Week 1 moving forward, according to offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who attributed the relative lack of playing time to making sure the rookie was ready for the big stage.
‘You don’t know exactly what you’re going to get Week 1 with some of the young players, particularly in that environment. And so, yeah, we will get Gibbs going as he gets more comfortable. We always have plays tagged for him going into the game, but we feel really strongly about David (Montgomery) as well, so that whole combination, that one-two punch is really good for us. We had them both on the field at the same time a little bit last week, we’ll probably continue to do that over the course of the season and we’ll see where Gibbs best suits us each week,’ Johnson said during a presser on Thursday, Sept. 14.
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