Forgotten Packers tight end is attracting multiple trade offers

The Green Bay Packers no longer need Luke Musgrave. The third-year tight end is not involved in the offense as a pass catcher, drawing seven targets all year. Even for blocking assignments, the Packers have deployed him sparingly. There is an obvious reason for his relegation to the sidelines. That reason is Tucker Kraft, who has emerged as one of the NFL’s top tight ends and already notched two 100-yard games this season. With Kraft on the field for 469 snaps, third-most among tight ends, Musgrave is simply irrelevant.

His status on the roster is clear for all to see, and teams are calling the Packers with buy-low offers. Per Easton Butler of Packer Report, both the Chiefs and Jaguars have had a chat with GM Brian Gutekunst about the possibility of acquiring Musgrave. So far, the offers haven’t been good enough to pique the Packers’ interest.

Despite all the injuries, Musgrave is worth more than three magic beans

The Packers have received trade interest for TE Luke Musgrave, per sources. The Chiefs and Jaguars are 2 teams that have offered Green Bay, with more this week. Reported offers haven't been anything higher than a 5th. pic.twitter.com/57TXQ6FCxm

— Easton Butler (@Easton__Butler) November 1, 2025

Even with Musgrave’s reduced role in Green Bay, there is value in having him around in case Kraft gets injured, or just to plug him here and there to give the TE1 a breather. How bad would it look if the Packers flipped Musgrave for a 5th-round pick and Kraft got hurt two weeks later? He has already had one injury scare this season, a knee injury in practice that, thankfully, ended up being minor.

Of course, with John FitzPatrick also available for backup duties – the Packers have some flexibility. A former 213th overall pick, FitzPatrick probably doesn’t have Musgrave’s ceiling, whatever that may be at this point in his career, even with the latter’s injury history. Still, FitzPatrick is a body at the tight end position.

Musgrave himself is a former 2nd round pick, taken 42nd overall in 2023, the same draft in which Green Bay chose Kraft 36 picks later. Injuries limited Musgrave to 18 games during his first two seasons, paving the way for Kraft to surge ahead of him on the depth chart. Before injuries erased his rookie December, he was the more featured of the two tight ends in Green Bay’s offense. In 11 games he caught 34 passes for 355 yards.

In the playoffs that year, it was Musgrave, not Kraft, who produced at a higher clip. In the Wild Card Round against Dallas, he hauled in three catches for 52 yards and a touchdown.

Health issues caught up to him last season, however, and Kraft was well on his way taking over the lead role, anyway. Musgrave totaled 45 receiving yards in seven games last season and has six receptions for 54 yards in 2025. Clearly he is dispensable, meaning the Packers should listen to offers, and yes FitzPatrick exists, but he is valuable enough as a backup that they shouldn’t throw him away for cheap.