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The Green Bay Packers need to go out and get another tight end for the 2025 NFL season.
Head coach Matt LaFleur was clear in his post-season comments that he feels he can use the position to a higher degree in 2025 and beyond, and for as good as Tucker Kraft has played, you can never have enough help on the depth chart for a team that wants to contend for the Super Bowl.
And again, it’s worth noting that the soon-to-be third-year tight end, Kraft, is already a borderline superstar. He caught 50 passes this past season for 707 yards and seven touchdowns. He was seventh amongst all NFL tight ends in yardage and sixth in touchdown catches. That put him amongst the ranks of Mark Andrews — pre-playoff drop — George Kittle, Brock Bowers, Travis Kelce, Sam LaPorta, and Jonnu Smith.
Those are some of the biggest tight end names in the game right now, and Kraft belongs right alongside of them.
There is a world in which he can get even better in 2025 and beyond, though. In fact, that should be the expectation in Green Bay because, as mentioned, Kraft has absolutely displayed superstar potential.
Kraft’s ability to break out is what makes it so imperative for the Packers to add another tight end during this 2025 offseason, though. Whether it’s via free agency or the draft, the Pack needs to find someone next to him who can be a consistent TE2. Heck, even a strong TE3 could be extremely valuable with a creative play-caller like LaFleur at the helm, considering his desire to use the tight end more in 2025. Throw that all together, and General Manager Brian Gutekunst needs to load up at tight end this offseason.
LaFleur was asked after the season if he believed Kraft could have a Kittle or Kelce-esque impact for the Packers moving forward.
“I think that’s on us to make sure we find him and feature him because … when he gets the ball in his hands, you feel him,” LaFleur said of Kraft, according to Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. “So if there’s an area that we gotta do a better job on, I would say featuring the tight end.”
That’s a direct answer on Kraft, but if there’s one thing better than one great tight end it’s two tight ends who can bust a game open. Think about how LaFleur has decided to build his offense in 2024, too. The Packers have gone run heavy with Josh Jacobs as the feature back, and if this past season was any indication, they’ll continue to do so as long as Jacobs is healthy in 2025 and beyond.
That means the play-action pass should be hot for the Packers moving forward, and with Jordan Love’s athleticism when he’s healthy, a play-action run game featuring two tight ends could create chaos for defensive coordinators facing the Packers.
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