Packers running back Ty Montgomery wrote an article for The Players Tribune, highlighting his transition from a third-round pick at wide receiver to a first-team running back in his third season. (Check out the full article at ThePlayersTribune.com)

Upon arriving in Green Bay, Montgomery said he wasn’t sure how it’d work out for him.

I can actually remember coming home from practice early in camp to find my wife unpacking some boxes, and I sarcastically said, “Don’t unpack too much just yet, because I’m not sure how long we’re gonna be here.”

I was coming off ankle surgery. I had missed the entire off-season. I hadn’t practiced the whole first week of camp. Plus, we had a lot of talented receivers. It was competitive. I mean, I still went out on the field every day with confidence and left everything I had out there. But at the end of the day, I felt like I was too far behind. I just really didn’t know what was going to happen.

And now after living in Green Bay for a couple years, Montgomery loves it.

Living in Green Bay is a simple life. It’s not crowded. There’s no traffic. It’s quiet. There’s good golf, good food, good beer — great beer.

But what it really comes down to is the people.

My wife and I have made so many great friends outside the team since we’ve been here. We love the small-town feel. It really is a community in every sense, and the Packers are as big a part of the community as anything. I think that in a world of big-market franchises and billion-dollar television contracts, what we have here is rare.

It’s the kind of thing that could only happen in a place like Green Bay.

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