The Detroit Lions needed some depth at tight end to push Brandon Pettigrew and Tim Wright. On Monday, the team signed journeyman Matthew Mulligan to fill that spot.
Mulligan will compete with those two players, along with Jordan Thompson and Casey Pierce, for a roster spot. The 31-year-old went undrafted out of Maine and has bounced around the league ever since. He spent the first three seasons of his career with the New York Jets from 2009 to 2011. He then went to St.