Despite stepping up in Week 4 with his best game of the season -- seven catches for 54 yards in the first game since Nate Burleson was injured in an automibile accident -- Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew remains a frustratingly erratic Fantasy asset.
While Pettigrew is capable of putting up anywhere from 15 to 115 receiving yards each week, the performances come without much warning and are hard to predict. And he has scored just three touchdowns since Christmas 2011.
Pettigrew may have been the benficiary of passes that would have otherwise gone to Burleson. Or this could have been just another one of those weeks where he has 50-plus receiving yards and makes everyone hover over that green plus sign next to his name on the free agent wire a little too long for comfort.
It's probably wise to assume the yardage was just the normal course of action for Pettigrew and leave him on the waiver wire. He needs to find the end zone and keep this up for a few weeks in a row before he's relevant again in 12-team leagues.