Tucker Kraft calls out Packers fans for their behavior during Falcons blowout
The Green Bay Packers have been on quite the losing streak since losing star edge-rusher Micah Parsons to an ACL injury last season.
Green Bay is just 1-7 during that stretch with its lone win coming last week against the lowly New York Jets — and even that required overtime.
Things hit rock bottom during the Packers’ Week 3 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on “Thursday Night Football.”
Green Bay got thoroughly outplayed by a winless Falcons team, and after a disappointing 35-14 loss, the Packers were booed off the field by their home fans at halftime and after the game ended.
Many of the coaches and players took it hard, and star tight end Tucker Kraft, who totaled just four catches for 26 yards, took exception to the way the fans treated them. In fact, Kraft called some of those fans out during his postgame media availability.
“That’s pretty tough,” Kraft said, via The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman. “Like everyone pictures Lambeau Field and not boos. I don’t picture boos. I picture my home stadium. That’s tough. It’s pretty disappointing, especially for a home opener. It’s pretty disappointing. It’s not going to help us win.
“Like I don’t know what people think that’s going to rally us or something like that. But that’s — we’re grown men. We’re mentally strong enough, capable enough to get back on the field and play ball. But it’d probably much easier with the 70,000 people behind us rather than opposing us.”
Head coach Matt LaFleur wasn’t thrilled with the booing either; however, he admitted he was taking the experience as a lesson in humility rather taking it personally.
“Three games in, certainly, we’re nowhere near where we need to be,” LaFleur said. “We know it’s going to get loud. You got to ignore the noise and just focus on what we can do better.
“… It was a humbling night. We got to find solutions and just come back ready to work and try to figure out what we do well because, right now, I don’t know what we’re doing well offensively.”
