Massive update on Packers' Tucker Kraft surfaces amid injury recovery

Green Bay Packers star tight end Tucker Kraft is still working to fully recover from the torn ACL he suffered in Week 9 of the 2025 season. 

That said, Kraft is also in a contract year. For a piece published on Friday, NFL insider Jason La Canfora of SportsBoom US suggested that the Packers will make Kraft happy at some point before the upcoming campaign gets underway. 

Packers believe Tucker Kraft will be just fine coming off his injury?

"Kraft is on his way back from his knee injury, and the team believes he is on pace to resume his role this season, league sources indicated," La Canfora wrote. "The Packers have a strong history of retaining their best young players, including recently with oft-injured receiver Christian Watson, and rival executives believe it’s unlikely the Packers would have made that deal without having a sense of what Kraft will cost and how he fits in their budget. Kraft is set to make just $3.7M this season on his rookie contract."

Kraft was well on his way to enjoying a career-best season when he suffered his injury. Across fewer than eight completed games, he recorded 32 receptions for 489 yards and six touchdowns. 

Back on June 10, Matt Schneidman of The Athletic noted that Kraft feels he is "gonna get all the conditioning [he needs] in camp to start Week 1 on no pitch count." 

Has the market for Tucker Kraft been set?

Earlier this week, it was learned that the Atlanta Falcons signed tight end Kyle Pitts to a three-year, $54M deal with $36M guaranteed. Later, reports revealed that the Jacksonville Jaguars and Brenton Strange agreed to a three-year contract extension that can be worth up to $48M with $25M guaranteed.

La Canfora thinks those deals "provide both a template and a springboard, financially," for Kraft's expected agreement.

"Kraft has been better and more consistent than both of those cohorts," La Canfora explained. "He wins downfield and has a deep connection with highly-paid quarterback Jordan Love on a team where the offense tends to be quite spread around, and he was emerging into a true star before tearing his ACL midseason. ...Going with a three-year structure, which has become the norm increasingly, could make sense, but at this point, there is far more uncertainty about what this deal looks like than whether or not it gets done."

In short, it sounds like Kraft is going to have millions of reasons to feel better about his recovery when he next plays in a regular-season game.