There's good news and bad news with Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew as he enters his Week 2 matchup agianst the Cardinals.
The good: Arizona allowed 141 yards and two touchdowns (and almost a third TD if not for the fleet-footedness of Tyrann Mathieu) to Rams tight end Jared Cook in Week 1. Along with Lance Kendicks' 25 yards, the Cardinals gave up 166 yards on 10 receptions (off 14 targets) to tight ends this past Sunday.
The bad: Pettigrew caught two passes for six yards in Detroit's win over the Vikings, while losing a fumble. He was overshadowed in the game by Joseph Fauria, who caught three passes for 27 yards and a touchdown. This comes on the heels of a 2012 campaign in which Pettigrew managed 567 receiving yards and three touchdowns while finishing third among tight ends in dropped passes.
Fauria's emergence doesn't exactly signal a changing of the guard -- Pettigrew is still just 28 years old and put up two 700-yard seasons playing alongside Tony Scheffler in the past -- but with Pettigrew being praised for his blocking skills and Fauria looking solid in a pass-catching role, it would probably be wise to seek other options for Week 2.