Kaspers Korner

The National Football League’s Scouting Combine is a place that potential prospects can hurt or help themselves.  After tight end Brandon Pettigrew worked out Buffalo Bills fans can forget about him.

Many draft experts were predicting Pettigrew to go to the Bills in the first round before he worked out at the combine.  However, his workout at the Combine is going to change that.

Pettigrew ran the 40 yard dash in 4.87 seconds, which is not very fast for a tight end.  As for the rest of his work out that was also bad as he failed to crack the top four in any of the drills he did for tight ends.

Scouts view him as a blocking tight end first in an underneath pass catching offense, since he is unable to stretch the field with his speed.  Also, he relies on his stregth and athleticism to get a clean release from the line of scrimage.

In the NFL the players are bigger, stronger, and athletic, which means that Pettigrew simply cannot rely on just that to get a clean release in the NFL.

On top of all that Pettigrew has character issues as he was charged with assault and battery of a police officer on January 20th of last year.

Simply, Pettigrew is not going to be drafted by the Bills.  Especially, when they already have the same type of football player in tight end Derek Fine who has no character issues.