Following a humiliating blowout loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers star tight end fires back at Lambeau Field.
The last thing the Green Bay Packers expected was to be embarrassed by the previously 0-2 Atlanta Falcons in their home opener.
This was the definition of the trap game, and while it's not like getting Michael Penix Jr. back changed the trajectory of the Falcons' season, it may as well have with the way this Packers defense looked.
It was not only a rough night defensively, but offensively, Green Bay simply couldn't get anything going.
This offensive line remains as bad as it gets, and even star tight end Tucker Kraft struggled to do anything against a Falcons defense that is far from the best in the league.
Overall, this is a loss that's going to sit with not only Packers fans, but Kraft for quite some time. He had a few drops and certainly didn't look like a tight end that warrants an extension worth up to $92 million, but those are the cards the Packers have been dealt.
Kraft doesn't hold back after 35-14 loss
Absolutely no one could've predicted the Packers would lose by 21 points in their home opener, a loss that snapped a streak of 13 years where the team has won their first game at Lambeau Field.
Fans are quickly losing patience with this team, and rightfully so. They barely got past the New York Jets the week prior, and they're now 1-2 for the first time in the Matt LaFleur era.
After the game, Kraft spoke with the media about what it was like to hear the boos raining down not just at the team going into halftime, but throughout nearly the entire second half as well.
"It's pretty disappointing, especially for a home opener. It's not going to help us win," he told The Athletic's Matt Schneidman.
Kraft can say it's disappointing all he wants, but what did he expect out of this crowd? Green Bay had a ton of momentum going at the start of the game courtesy of an Xavier McKinney interception, but they failed to get any points off that drive.
Sure, they jumped out to a 7-0 lead, but then a crucial roughing the passer call changed everything.
The same mistakes are happening to this team on a weekly basis, and Kraft just thinks Packers fans are going to be okay with that?
Kraft said "it'd probably be much easier with the 70,000 people behind us rather than opposing us," but that doesn't seem like a fair assessment. If the results aren't on the field, why should fans who paid their hard-earned money have to fake a smile and clap just to get these athletes on their side?
Something needs to change fast; otherwise, the boos from Week 3 are only going to get much worse.
