Tight Ends Outlook: Luke Musgrave, Tucker Kraft (2023 Fantasy Football)

As we approach the end of June, players like DeAndre Hopkins and Dalvin Cook are still free agents in the NFL, but we’re less than three months away from the kickoff of the regular season.

Now is as good a time as any to prepare for fantasy drafts, and understanding what positions are headed for a more favorable schedule could influence draft decisions.

Below, we’ll look at the top three teams per our strength of schedule metrics and see if we can find any value to go along with the projected cushy schedule.

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New Strength of Schedule: TEs (2023 Fantasy Football)

Here are our strength of schedule rankings for tight ends. We start with the Raiders with the easiest strength of schedule (best) and wrap up with the Giants who have the most difficult strength of schedule for running backs (worst).

What is fantasy Strength of Schedule?

Each team’s Strength of Schedule (SOS) displays the relative ease or difficulty of their matchups for the season. SOS is based on each opponent’s Fantasy Points Allowed to a position, adjusted for strength of schedule. Favorable matchups receive better matchup star ratings. You can learn more about the methodology here.

TEAM	TE1	TE2
LV	Michael Mayer	Austin Hooper
NO	Juwan Johnson	Taysom Hill
GB	Luke Musgrave	Tucker Kraft
LAC	Gerald Everett	Donald Parham Jr.
KC	Travis Kelce	Noah Gray
DEN	Greg Dulcich	Albert Okwuegbunam
PIT	Pat Freiermuth	Darnell Washington
CIN	Irv Smith Jr.	Drew Sample
CHI	Cole Kmet	Robert Tonyan
BAL	Mark Andrews	Isaiah Likely
IND	Jelani Woods	Mo Alie-Cox
BUF	Dawson Knox	Dalton Kincaid
DAL	Jake Ferguson	Luke Schoonmaker
CLE	David Njoku	Harrison Bryant
WAS	Logan Thomas	John Bates
SF	George Kittle	Cameron Latu
CAR	Hayden Hurst	Tommy Tremble
DET	Sam LaPorta	Brock Wright
ATL	Kyle Pitts	Jonnu Smith
MIN	T.J. Hockenson	Josh Oliver
NYJ	Tyler Conklin	C.J. Uzomah
HOU	Dalton Schultz	Brevin Jordan
TEN	Chigoziem Okonkwo	Josh Whyle
PHI	Dallas Goedert	Dan Arnold
MIA	Durham Smythe	Elijah Higgins
SEA	Noah Fant	Will Dissly
TB	Cade Otton	Payne Durham
NE	Mike Gesicki	Hunter Henry
LAR	Tyler Higbee	Hunter Long
JAC	Evan Engram	Brenton Strange
ARI	Trey McBride	Zach Ertz
NYG	Darren Waller	Daniel Bellinger

Green Bay Packers

Depth Chart: Luke Musgrave, Tucker Kraft

The Packers head into the 2023-24 season with two rookie tight ends and a quarterback in his first year starting.

Musgrave is an excellent pass-catching tight end, but his average draft position (ADP) is TE30, and Kraft is at TE45.

The TE45 spot is below Rob Gronkowski, who’s retired.

On paper, Musgrave should be a top target for the Packers this season with his 4.61 40-yard dash speed and 6-foot-6 frame, but with Love under center, we could see a more run-focused offense while trying to get the ball to wide receivers Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed and more.

Musgrave is worth a late-round draft selection, waiting a week or two to see how often he’s used –not necessarily how many points he scores — and deciding what to do.