Ever since he suffered a knee injury in Week 15, the hope has been that the Detroit Lions would see running back David Montgomery return for the divisional round of the playoffs. Now that the time has come,

David Montgomery, who missed Detroit's final three regular-season games with an MCL injury, practiced in full Tuesday and said he "wouldn't be out there if I wasn't ready."

Detroit opens up their postseason play at home against the Washington Commanders Saturday Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. ET. The Commanders head to Ford Field after a thrilling win in the wild-card round where they survived against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a last-second field goal.