As far as made-up holidays go, National Tight End Day isn’t too bad. At the position, there were some standout performances in Week 8, but none matched Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft’s seven receptions for 143 yards and two touchdowns.

Want to know something even more impressive than Kraft’s raw stat line? 131 of those 143 yards in the win over the Pittsburgh Steelers came after the catch, per Next Gen Stats. According to the league’s data service, this is the third most in any game by a tight end since 2016, when they began tracking this information. Kraft’s 131 yards after the catch are the most since a George Kittle performance back in the 2018 season.

None of his catches were better than his catch-and-run for nearly 25 yards that put the Packers up two scores on the Steeler

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