Tucker Kraft — Week 4: Two Fourth Downs and a Touchdown
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Tuesday, Oct 6
Kraft caught 6 of 7 targets for 42 yards, three first downs and his first touchdown of the season, a 2-yard catch on second and two in the third quarter awarded when Green Bay challenged. He converted two fourth-and-ones on the opening touchdown drive, a 10-yard catch and a 3-yard run on a direct snap, in a 17–14 win over the Buccaneers.
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Nothing to nothing against the Buccaneers, a minute 17 left in the first quarter, fourth and one at the Tampa Bay nine. The snap went directly to Tucker Kraft, and Kraft ran up the middle for three yards and a first down. +1.9 expected points added — expected points added is what a play was worth given down, distance and field position — and six points of win probability, the chance of winning the game after the play against before it. Two and a half minutes earlier, on fourth and one at the 28, Jordan Love had thrown short right to Kraft for 10 yards, +2.4 expected points and 7.3 points of win probability. The drive needed one more fourth down, and Matthew Golden scored on it.
The line: seven targets, six catches, 42 yards, one touchdown, three first downs, +4.0 expected points on the targets; one carry, three yards. The touchdown came on the first possession of the second half: second and two at the Tampa Bay two, 10 39 left in the third, up 10 to seven. Love's throw to Kraft was ruled incomplete; Green Bay challenged, the ruling was reversed, and it was a two-yard touchdown. 17 to seven. The other catches: 17 yards on second and eight on Green Bay's first drive, three on second and five at the 13, two on second and five in the fourth quarter, and eight on second and 12 at the Tampa Bay 45 on the drive that ended in the fumble at the three. The one miss was second and three at the Tampa Bay three to open the second quarter. Seven targets carried three air yards in all; the yards came after the catch. He was flagged for a false start in the fourth quarter, and he made the tackle on Parrish's interception return.
Seven targets tied Golden for the team lead, ahead of five to MarShawn Lloyd and three to Christian Watson.
Back in June the preview put Kraft on the watchlist, with the knee, the snap count and a 30 percent touchdown share as the things to watch. Through three games he had 17 targets and no touchdown. Four games: 24 targets, 15 catches, a hundred 48 yards, one touchdown. He has played all four, and Sunday is the first week the production half of the June question showed up.
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