(WNFL/LEARFIELD) – Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft had a huge day on Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams with 88 yards receiving and a pair of touchdowns.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Tucker Kraft’s game has definitely evolved.
LaFleur said that a very important part about Tucker Kraft is that he is all about team.
While Kraft is having this great season so far, LaFleur said that they have to make sure Kraft isn’t playing too reckless to keep him healthy.
The rookies: Rookie linebacker Edgerin Cooper so far this season and particularly Sunday against the Rams, LaFleur talked about rookie LB Edgerin Cooper’s ability and speed to rush the QB.
LaFleur also talked about what he saw from rookie safety Evan Williams on Sunday.
Odds and ends
- The Packers and Cardinals have been playing against each other since 1921, with Green Bay holding a 45-24-4 (.652) advantage in the the regular-season series, including a 27-10 mark at home.
- This will be the Packers’ 74th regular-season meeting against the Cardinals, their fifth most against an opponent behind the Chicago Bears (206), Detroit Lions (187), Minnesota Vikings (126) and Los Angeles Rams (97).
- Dating back to 1955, Green Bay is 8-1 in the series at home.
- The Packers are 18-7 in the month of October against the Cardinals, with wins in each of the last four meetings.
- Since they moved to Arizona, Green Bay is 8-3 against the Cardinals during the regular season.
- The Packers won the last matchup, 24-21, at Arizona in 2021.
- Including the postseason, the last three matchups have been decided by a total of 12 points (6, 3, 3), including an overtime game.
- Under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, the Packers are 43-20 against NFC teams, a .683 winning percentage that ranks No. 1 in the conference since 2019.
- Since 2019, Green Bay is 8-1 against the NFC West in the regular season, an .889 winning percentage that ranks No. 1 in the NFC and is tied for No. 2 in the NFL over that span. It is the best winning percentage that the Packers have against any division since 2019. Green Bay also has a plus-nine turnover differential against the division over that span, No. 3 in the NFL.
- DL Kenny Clark tied his career best with seven solo tackles in the 2018 matchup against Arizona.
- DL Preston Smith has faced the Cardinals four times, posting a sack, five QB hits, an interception and a fumble recovery.
- Green Bay will take on a couple AFC teams over the next two weeks with a home game against the Houston Texans in Week 7 and a road trip to take on
the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 8. It will be the second time this season (Weeks 2-3) that Green Bay will play back-to-back AFC South games. It is only the third time since the 1970 merger that the Packers play four AFC teams in the first eight games of the season (1984, 1999)
