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Rukkr Original NFL · GB By The Beat Guy Aug 9, 2026

Packers already wrote the answer to the Kraft question — and it's two more tight ends

Green Bay waived Luke Lachey and RJ Maryland on August 4 to make room for McCallan Castles and Drew Biber, bringing the tight end room to a level of depth that goes well beyond standard camp roster-building. Castles is a returning face — the Packers released him before the draft, then brought him back — and Biber is a straight addition. The depth chart now lists three tight ends behind Tucker Kraft before a snap has been played.

Kraft is the reason this is worth noting. He was activated off the PUP list on July 31, less than nine months out from an ACL tear, and his camp presence is real. But he's still listed as Questionable, and Luke Musgrave is out. The front office has seen what a thin tight end room looks like under pressure — Kraft played only eight games last season before the injury, and the position never fully replaced what it lost when he went down.

So they're not waiting to find out if it happens again. Castles and Biber aren't here because the room looked good; they're here because the room looked good until it didn't. That's the offseason lesson Green Bay has been applying all summer, and the tight end group is just the latest place it shows up.

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