Detroit Lions Need To Use Brandon Pettigrew A Whole Lot More

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Published: October 16, 2009

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... Culpepper took all of the first team snaps in practice yesterday and Calvin Johnson hardly practiced at all this week.

I think it's high time that Brandon Pettigrew gets more involved in the offense.  He's made some incredible catches and has a nice 12.2 yards per catch average.

He can catch the ball in traffic, evident of the catch he made against the Bears where he got popped pretty good from behind, but the ball never left his hands.

Pettigrew only has 13 catches on the year.  His best game so far was against the Bears Oct 4th when he had four catches for 67 yards.  He has yet to score a touchdown.

Considering the Lions need to score touchdowns in the red zone, I am curious as to why Pettigrew's number hasn't been called.  While I know he's been a great help to the offensive line with his blocking, he isn't getting paid to just block.

Granted, he's had some drops, but in the grand scheme of things, a receiver just isn't going to catch e...

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