Brandon Pettigrew TE FA Sat 8/9/14 8:29 PM
Brandon Pettigrew
TE FA
Pettigrew started Saturday's preseason opener against the Browns but did not get any targets.
Pettigrew may still garner a good numbers of snaps this season, but the competition for targets will be fierce. That one guy Calvin Johnson always seems to draw the lion's share of Matt Stafford's attention, and Detroit finally added a solid second receiver in Golden Tate. More importantly for Pettigrew, fellow tight end Eric Ebron was selected in the first round of May's draft. What's more, 6-7 TE Joseph Fauria is still with the team, after doubling Pettigrew's seven red-zone targets last season. The Lions simply have too much receiving talent for the shaky-handed Pettigrew to see much of the ball.
