The Detroit Lions put tight end Brandon Pettigrew was placed on the physically-unable-to-perform-list earlier this week, which means he'll miss -- at minimum -- the first six weeks of the season to recover from a torn ACL.
And according to ESPN Insider Field Yates, the eighth-year tight end has also agreed to a slightly reworked contract, according to a league source.
Per Yates, Pettigrew was previously due a non-guaranteed base salary of $3.65M for 2016. Under the new terms of the deal, Pettigrew added a $2.2M salary split while on PUP, and had $1.