Jordan Love's arsenal solidifies with Jayden Reed's extension. He, alongside Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, and Tucker Kraft, promises a potent future, empowering the Green Bay Packers' offense.
The Green Bay Packers feel great about the weaponry they've put around quarterback Jordan Love heading into the 2026 season.
If they didn't feel good about it, they undoubtedly would have tired to address it in the 2026 NFL Draft. There were people out there who felt a wide receiver could have been in play for the Packers in the later rounds. With Tucker Kraft coming off an ACL tear, there were also rumors floating around that a tight end could have been on the board.
Ultimately, out of six rookies, only one is coming in on the offensive side of the ball for Green Bay. That's interior offensive lineman Jager Burton, who will start his career as a depth player at center and guard.
Every other pick in the draft went to defense. That's not to say the Packers didn't address their offense over the weekend. Their biggest move in Pittsburgh was arguably the extension of wide receiver Jayden Reed, the No. 50 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Reed has shown at times that he can be one of the better receivers in the league. As a rookie, he caught 64 passes for 793 yards and eight touchdowns. He followed that up with 55 catches for 857 yards and six touchdowns in his sophomore NFL campaign.
Injuries hampered Reed for much of the 2025 season (he played in just seven games), but the three-year, $50 million extension is proof that the Packers believe Reed can bounce back and once again become a major piece in the offense.
Speaking of, general manager Brian Gutekunst discussed another major player on offense over the weekend when talking about Reid's extension. It sounds like Christian Watson, the No. 34 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, could be up next when it comes to extensions.
"Absolutely with Christian," Gutekunst said, per Rob Demovsky of ESPN. "Amongst a bunch of other guys that we're going to hope over the next few months to try to maybe do some of that with."
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson (9) makes a catch for a first down during the second quarter of their wild card playoff game against the Chicago Bears Saturday, January 10, 2026 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. © Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.He didn't name names, but one would imagine that Kraft is high up on the Packers' priority list for extensions as well. Before he tore his ACL, the No. 78 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft was shaping up to have an elite season. Even in just eight games, he caught 32 passes for 489 yards and six touchdowns.
Throw in wide receiver Matthew Golden, whom the Packers used the No. 23 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft on, and it's hard to make a case against Green Bay not having more than enough weapons on offense for quarterback Jordan Love to target in 2026 and beyond.
Gutekunst could have beefed up the weaponry a bit in the draft, but the fact that he didn't shows the confidence he has in the quartet of Reed, Watson, Golden and Kraft as the Packers try to bust open this Super Bowl window.
Sprinkle in All-Pro running back Josh Jacobs, Savion Williams (pick No. 87 in the 2025 NFL Draft), Luke Musgrave (pick No. 42 in the 2023 NFL Draft) and Skyy Moore (Kansas City's No. 54 overall pick in 2022), and the Packers' offense should be cooking with red-hot grease in 2026.
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