Tucker Kraft Fantasy Football Start or Sit Advice for Week 4

Tucker Kraft drew a season-high eight targets against Atlanta in Week 3 and turned them into four catches for 26 yards, dropping three passes along the way. That game is a decent summary of his season: the role is there, the production has not followed. Find out whether you should start or sit Tucker Kraft in Week 4.

Tucker Kraft Start or Sit Advice for Week 4

The volume holds up. Kraft has 17 targets at 5.7 per game and 14.2% of the Green Bay share, a clear lead in a two-man room where Jonnu Smith has drawn six looks across two games. Green Bay throws plenty, averaging 281.3 passing yards per game on 41.3 attempts, putting the ball up 42, 29 and 53 times through three weeks. Jayden Reed is on injured reserve following season-ending neck surgery, which thins the receiver room and gives the middle of the field more reason to get worked.

Tampa Bay is the right defense to draw. The Buccaneers have allowed 15.8 PPR points per game to tight ends, conceding two touchdowns and four red zone targets in three games on a 73.9% catch rate. They have faced Cincinnati, Cleveland and Minnesota, offenses within 5% of league average, so the schedule is not distorting that number much. Tight ends have also accounted for 25.8% of the targets against them, so offenses are finding the position and getting rewarded.

The Biggest Fantasy Risk for Tucker Kraft in Week 4

The hands. Kraft has four drops on 17 targets, three of them in the Atlanta game, and his catch rate sits at 52.9%. That is the difference between converting a seven-target afternoon into a useful line and leaving you three catches for 30 yards. He should get opportunities here; whether he holds onto them is the open question.

Scoring position is the other issue. Kraft has one red zone target and no touchdowns on the season, and Green Bay clearly prefers its receivers down there. Christian Watson owns six red zone looks and Matthew Golden three. For a position where touchdowns carry so much of the weekly outcome, having one trip inside the 20 thrown his way in three games is a real cap on the ceiling.

Green Bay’s own numbers are frustrating too. All that passing volume has produced only 18.7 points per game on an 85.1 team rating, with Jordan Love at a 75.4 mark in the Atlanta loss. The Packers move the ball and then stall, limiting how often any pass catcher reaches the end zone. Kraft works close to the line at 12.3% of the team’s air yards, so his yardage depends on YAC, and he has zero broken tackles on nine catches.

Fantasy Outlook for Tucker Kraft in Week 4

Start Kraft in Week 4. He runs the tight end job on a team throwing 41 times a game, against a defense that has given up two scores and four red zone targets to the position while allowing nearly three quarters of the passes thrown at tight ends to be caught. That is enough at a position this thin.

Expect a solid week rather than a big one. His scores have gone 9.5, 3.5 and 6.6, and nothing suggests a touchdown breakout is coming while Watson and Golden handle the scoring work. You are getting a dependable target floor in a sound matchup, with both Kraft and Love carrying no designation. Play him and let the matchup do the lifting.

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