Ty Montgomery taking Jordy Nelson's spot for now

After Jordy Nelson went down in Sunday's exhibition game with what the Packers are calling a "significant right knee injury," and what everyone else presumes is a torn ACL, head coach Mike McCarthy went about filling that hole.

As many have predicted, rookie Ty Montgomery is the primary candidate for the job.

The Packers's first snap at practice on Tuesday involved he and Davante Adams at the wide out positions, with Randall Cobb lined up in the slot, according to ESPN Packers reporter Rob Demovsky.

Montgomery currently holds the lead over talented wide-out Jeff Janis, a 6-foot-3 target in his second season that many see as a longer-term project.

Janis could theoretically overtake Montgomery in the Packers' final two preseason games, but has been called inconsistent by coaches during this summer's training camp after making a few more catches with his body than with his hands. Dropped passes are another area of concern, according to wide receivers coach Alex Van Pelt.

Montgomery's work ethic, on the other hand, caught Jordy Nelson's attention this summer.

"Taking away the athletic part of it, just his approach to understanding our playbook, asking questions, trying to be detailed as much as possible in a short amount of time," he said then.

An amount of time that just got shorter with Nelson's sudden departure, two weeks, to be exact, in the preseason before the Packers visit Soldier Field on Sept. 13.