When asked why his club might have put forth that type of performance, Montgomery was not interested in doling out excuses.
"Anything I could put it off to would just be an excuse, right?" he said. "Whether you want to say it was our first time we go four hard days in a row and that adds a little bit of fatigue to the legs, [it's]excuses, right?
"Everybody's going through training camp right now and it's about how you can dig in. We wanted to see who would dig in in this game, a little bit of adversity."
Charlie Coyle admitted that for some of the more veteran players in camp, there might be some level of looking ahead at this stage of training camp as Opening Night inches closer. But, he added, with more than a week still to go before the opener in Washington, there remains work to be done.
"Every opportunity you get to play, you want to play and create good habits and all that good stuff," said Coyle. "Everyone's trying to make a good impression, make the team, and that's part of it. You've got to go through it and make the most of it and use it in a positive way.
"But of course we want to get going right now, we're champing at the bit to play and we're excited for this year. But we've got to do it step by step. There's a lot that we can accomplish right now in these games, and we've got to make sure we do that."