GREEN BAY, Wis. – When Packers coach Mike McCarthy proclaimed Ty Montgomery his starting running back in April after the Green Bay Packers drafted three players at the position, he didn't say Montgomery was his only running back.

Two games into the season, however, it sure looks that way. No running back has played more snaps than Montgomery so far.

Officially, Montgomery has been on the field for 139 of the Packers' 158 offensive plays this season. Those totals, kept by the NFL, include plays wiped out by penalty. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Montgomery's play total of 124 snaps not counting plays canceled by penalties, leads all running backs through two games. Only four others have topped the 100-snap mark: Ezekiel Elliott (120), Lamar Miller (102) and C.J. Anderson (102).

Last year, only one back -- David Johnson -- surpassed the 900-snap mark for the season. Montgomery would easily eclipse that if he keeps this up. Just don't expect it to happen.

"There's a couple guys that are playing a lot of reps," McCarthy said. "I'm very cognizant of that. It's a long year. They don't want to hear it. They want to play every rep and I certainly can appreciate that, but just right on my personnel board, right next to their names, I have the reps that they played on offense and special teams each and every game, number of reps they averaged last year. There's a play-time projection. It's something you have to keep track of because it's a long year. It is very obvious that he's played a lot of football. I think he has almost 150 reps in two weeks."

Even when Eddie Lacy was in the midst of his consecutive 1,100-yard rushing seasons, he didn't play as much as Montgomery has so far. Lacy played 652 regular-season snaps as a rookie in 2013 and 650 in 2014.

"We'll take all that into consideration," offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett said. "We'd certainly like to be a little more balanced but given the situation, it's about doing what's necessary in order to win the game. And I think that's really how it really played out."

Montgomery's rushing average of 3.1 yards per carry needs to increase, but the Packers have been pleased with his execution. Twelve of his 29 rushes have gone for first downs, and he's already scored three times (two rushing touchdowns and one receiving). Not surprisingly, he's been effective as a receiver with 10 catches for 114 yards.

McCarthy and Bennett haven't used the three rookie running backs much. Fourth-round pick Jamaal Williams is the only one of them who has played an offensive snap, while fifth-rounder Aaron Jones was inactive in Week 1 and played only on special teams in Week 2 and vice versa for seventh-rounder Devante Mays.

The Packers might lean move heavily on Williams this week against the Cincinnati Bengals, especially since they have the quick turnaround with a Thursday night game against Chicago the following week. Williams has played 15 snaps of offense so far and has four carries for 15 yards.

"I think he's prepared and he's ready to do his part," Bennett said of Williams. "Each and every guy, at some point they just have to be prepared to just do their role, do their part."