For most teams, three running backs occupying the roster may be enough to formulate some kind of sufficient ground game. 

For the Packers, it may not be enough.

After going from wide receiver to running back mid-season in 2016, Ty Montgomery has showcased his athletic ability and hidden running back prowess that created his own personal highlight reel in his 77 total carries last season. A number that led the team, however, Eddie Lacy was second with 71 and he played 226 fewer offensive snaps than Montgomery. 

The only question encircling Montgomery is whether or not he can be the team's three-down back and be dependable on each carry. He fumbled twice last season, and one of those fumbles was recovered by the opposing team, so that factor remains in question. 

Out of shotgun, a formation the Packers run over 53 percent of their offense in, Montgomery ran the ball 50 times for 333 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per touch. It's also a formation where his three total touchdowns in 2016 came out of. Montgomery may have offered some big plays out of the backfield down the stretch of the season, specifically in Chicago where dropped 162 rushing yards against the Bears, but his consistency leaves much to be desired. As expected from someone who made the transition to a new position through the course of the season. 

With a full off-season under his belt and a firm grasping of the playbook, who knows what Montgomery can be capable of in Green Bay next season. For now, the Packers running back situation remains in a state of limbo, and the group behind Montgomery doesn't get prettier.

Christine Michael, who was just re-signed to the team on Wednesday, hop-scotched between Dallas and Seattle before landing in Green Bay in mid-November. He, too, provided an explosive presence out of shotgun where he averaged 4.1 yards per carry last season with a sample size of 75 attempts - 31 of those attempts, however, came with the Packers. The other 44 with the Seahawks.

Cheap depth at the running back position for a pass-heavy team is never frowned upon, and that's precisely what Michael provides. There was never any doubting Michael's abilities, even after the Knile Davis-like start to his Packers career. The details of Michael's newly-inked deal with the team has yet to be released.

Another interesting player that rounds out the tailback depth chart for the Packers is Don Jackson, who missed the final half of the season due to being placed on injured reserve.

Originally a practice squad member, the Packers promoted him prior to their week seven Thursday Night Football affair with the visiting Bears, in which Jackson carried the ball just twice. After injuring his hand in the same game, he trudged through his injury for the next two weeks before the Packers chose to clear up a roster spot and move Jackson to injured reserve. It was the last that was seen of Jackson for the remainder of the season. 

Despite his shortcomings and small sample size, the Packers chose to exercise his exclusive rights tender earlier this month, keeping him in Green Bay for the 2017 season. 

Had it not been for the aforementioned move, Jackson would likely be out of reach of the team, but there's clearly some kind of mutual interest between both sides that's potent enough to keep Jackson on the 53-man roster - at least for now. 

As previously stated, there isn't much of a sampling size with Jackson; in fact, just 10 carries worth. Undrafted out of Nevada, Jackson also bounced around with the Packers, going from being released by the team to their practice squad and ultimately to racking up 32 total yards last season. In the best case scenario, the Packers won't need to see much out of Jackson in 2017.

With the situation at running back looking less-than-stellar for the Packers, ESPN Draft Expert Mel Kiper mocked Florida State University running back Dalvin Cook to Green Bay in his latest mock draft.

"Cook's stock is dropping a little bit. He didn't test amazingly at the combine, a couple of shoulder injuries at FSU have worried teams and not many teams in the first round need running backs. But falling to Green Bay here would be considered a great value pick. Green Bay needs a back and will take one at some point -- converted receiver Ty Montgomery is really all it has now -- and Cook (5-10, 210) is one of the best home run hitters out there. Cook gives Aaron Rodgers and the offense some help in the passing game, too."

Cook isn't alone either. The Packers have also had Stanford's Christian McCaffrey mocked to them (several times) in a multitude of mock drafts. Essentially, they'd be signing up for Montgomery's clone. While an offense with Martellus Bennett, Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams and McCaffrey does sound appealing, you would also look for your best value pick at 29th overall, and McCaffrey likely won't fit that bill for the Packers, nor will he fit general manager Ted Thompson's MO.

The Packers may likely add another running back to their carousel via the draft, but who that may be and the round they aim for said running back in is unforeseen.