Tucker Kraft Gave Jordan Love The Ultimate Compliment After Packers Beat Steelers

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The Packers took attraction of business successful Pittsburgh connected Sunday night, beating nan Steelers 35-25 to amended to 5-1-1 connected nan 2025 season.

There was an added furniture to this one, arsenic nan Pack came retired victorious complete their erstwhile quarterback, Aaron Rodgers—who played successful Green Bay for 18 seasons earlier being traded to nan Jets successful April of 2023. Rodgers is, of course, an integral portion of nan franchise's storied signal-caller history, having taken complete nether halfway aft Brett Favre's (first) status successful 2007 and handing nan torch to Jordan Love successful '23.

Speaking of Love, his tight extremity Tucker Kraft paid him nan eventual compliment aft Sunday night's win:

“When you’re talking astir nan Favre to Rodgers to Love," he said, noting nan team's QB longtime lineage, "Jordan has stepped up and fulfilled his extremity of nan bargain.”

While this is surely precocious praise for nan 26-year-old, Love has been outstanding to statesman nan '25 campaign, throwing 13 touchdowns to conscionable 2 interceptions while notching profession highs successful completion percent (70.9%) and passer standing (112.8).

Said praise was besides beautiful easy for Kraft to relay, fixed nan capacity he put together connected Sunday.

Tucker Kraft was ascendant against nan Steelers connected Sunday night. / Michael Longo / For USA Today Network-PA / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Kraft put connected an absolute show—on National Tight Ends day, nary less—against nan Steelers connected Sunday night. The South Dakota State alum hauled successful 7 catches for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns, each profession highs, while helping nan Packers notch their 5th triumph of nan season.

On nan season, Kraft now leads Green Bay successful yards (469), receptions (30), and touchdowns (6), and has go nan eventual information broad for Love successful coach Matt LeFleur's offense.

The Packers return location successful Week 9, arsenic they're group to invited nan Panthers to Lambeau Field adjacent Sunday for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff.