Liam Murphy noticed Tucker Kraft falling well past pick 150 after Green Bay drafted slot weapon Matthew Golden, but he’s still loading up. Murphy thinks "there’s a real chance Kraft year three is simply an elite player," pointing to the tight end’s 2.01 yards per route run over the final six games of 2024 (TE7 in that span). He dismissed Golden as a slot-only prospect unlikely to cap Kraft’s middle-of-field targets and highlighted Jordan Love’s red-zone tendency—Packers threw 12 of their final 14 inside-the-10 plays to tight ends. Murphy sees Kraft as this year’s Sam LaPorta: an athletic Y-tight end who can win seams and find volume in Matt LaFleur’s play-action heavy scheme. He advised scooping Kraft every time he drifts into the 13th round.

Liam Murphy singled out Tucker Kraft as the best value in late-round tight end land. Kraft’s ADP has cratered after Green Bay added two rookie pass catchers, but Murphy thinks the market is focusing on the wrong message. The Packers already ran 12 personnel at the eighth-highest rate in 2024, and Luke Musgrave’s chronic abdominal issues forced Kraft into a 91 percent route rate from Weeks 12-18, during which he averaged 11.6 half-PPR points. Murphy expects an even pass-heavier attack with Jordan Love fully healthy and believes Kraft’s strong blocking will keep him on the field in red-zone packages. With the sophomore sitting outside the positional top-20 yet offering legitimate 5-TD, 600-yard upside, Murphy is scooping him up in nearly every Best Ball draft as a TE2 who can deliver weekly spike weeks in multi-tight-end builds.