Packers' Tucker Kraft's Biggest Key to a 2025 Breakout Revealed 1 Minnesota, USA; Green Bay tight end Tucker Kraft (85) runs after the catch against Minnesota Vikings in the fourthn quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images

Packers’ Tucker Kraft’s Biggest Key to a 2025 Breakout Revealed

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Jul 25, 2025 2:58 PM ET

Tucker Kraft is quickly becoming one of the most dominant and consistent tight ends across the NFL, but he may be on the verge of becoming an even bigger piece of the Packers‘ passing offense.

Last season, Kraft, 6-foot-5 and 258 pounds, caught 50 passes for 707 yards and seven touchdowns, setting new career highs in his second NFL season.

If Kraft’s encore to a tantalizing rookie campaign is any indication, he could further climb quarterback Jordan Love’s target hierarchy in 2025.

Packers’ Tucker Kraft’s 2025 Ceiling Revealed

As Kraft enters his third season, and amid a makeover of Love’s receiving corps, the former South Dakota State standout could be on the verge of being Green Bay’s top weapon in the passing game.

Pro Football Focus’ Beckett Mesko suggests that Kraft’s propensity for pulling down deep balls, from a quarterback who thrives in the vertical passing game could be the 24-year-old tight end’s biggest key to making a big step in 2025.

“While everyone is trying to figure out which Green Bay wide receiver to target in fantasy drafts this season,” Mesko writes for PFF. “Tucker Kraft is slipping through the cracks as the TE12. Just last season, Kraft finished as the TE10, forcing 15 missed tackles (tied for most among tight ends), recording 17 receptions of 15-plus yards (tied for fourth most) and posting a 142.6 passer rating when targeted (first). Jordan Love may have to rely on Kraft this season. Don’t overthink this one.”

Tucker Kraft Expected To Make Huge Leap In 2025 NFL Season For The Packers 2 Jan 12, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft (85) makes a catch against the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter in an NFC wild card game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

First-round rookie Matthew Golden’s game-breaking speed offers the potential to alter the Packers’ offense and propel him to the top of Green Bay’s depth chart. Similarly, Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks could build on their chemistry with Love en route to prolific 2025 campaigns.

However, given that Kraft’s ability to stretch the field meld so seamlessly with Love’s explosive-play potential as a quarterback, there is an argument that the tight end position could become even stronger focal point of the Packers’ offense this fall.

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