Welcome to the twenty-third part of a thirty-two-part series: Reading the NFL Offseason Tea Leaves. Fantasy football tasseography is deeply rooted in predicting future fantasy fortunes. Some of the team tea cups we'll be looking into may be larger than others. The smallest of cups may have the most alluring blends of offensive weaponry, or be set to bloom after a long steep. This series will aid in your approach to Redraft and Dynasty leagues by bringing you up to date on:

• Free Agency
  • Re-signings, additions, who signed elsewhere, and what it means for fantasy.
• NFL Draft
  • What can we decipher about the direction a team is headed in based on their draft selections?
• Coaching Changes
  • Who's in, who's out, and how do the coaching philosophies translate to fantasy production?
• Fantasy Fortunes
  • What does this all mean for your fantasy football drafts?

Like tasseography, the arrangement of these four sections will vary as we digest each team's offseasons and see how the offensive pieces settle. Each article will interpret what this NFL team has told us about their future plans based on what they've done since their 2025 season ended.

Reading the Green Bay Packers' 2026 Offseason

A Clarified WR Room

For several years, we've watched the Packers run out a carousel of wideouts that have left fantasy managers puzzled. Packer WR usage and production have been a roller coaster to say the least. This offseason, Romeo Doubs inked a deal with the Patriots, and Dontavion Wicks was traded to the Eagles, providing clarity on who the top three WRs will be in this offense.

Jayden Reed, Christian Watson, and last year's first-round pick, Matthew Golden, will rotate in and out of the Packers' offensive sets. This trio can all play multiple roles in an NFL offense to keep defenses from keying in on the play calls.

The Packers told us who their WR1 is when they handed Watson a four-year contract extension worth $92M. Green Bay also extended Reed on a three-year $50.25M contract. The only thing left to be seen is who wins the WR2 job between Reed and Golden. Because of the weapons at WR, QB Jordan Love will be a safe QB2 with QB1 upside in 2026. 

Tucker Kraft's ACL Recovery 

Let's address 2025's breakout TE, Tucker Kraft, who suffered a grade three ACL tear in Week 9 of the season. Kraft has been spotted running in a straight line in May and is supposedly on track to start the year. Temper your expectations for Kraft at the start of the season. Musgrave and Kraft will start in two TE sets.

The team added a receiving threat to their TE room in R.J. Maryland out of SMU as an Undrafted Free Agent (UDFA). Maryland has one of the best sets of hands in the TE class, but leaves a lot on the table as a blocker. Maryland is worth keeping an eye on if he builds any buzz over the offseason and Kraft isn't ready to go Week 1.

Josh Jacobs and the Backfield

Josh Jacobs will continue to dominate the RB snap share in 2026 so long as his legal problems allow him on the field. Per the Optimus Play-by-Play Analysis tool, Jacobs had the fifth most goalline plays and the third-highest goalline success rate of RBs with a minimum of 10 goalline snaps in 2025. Jacobs finds himself in a strong offensive ecosystem that should frequently put him in situations to plunge into the end zone in 2026.

The legal issues for Jacobs aren't likely to impact his 2026 production.

Chris Brooks and MarShawn Lloyd will back up Jacobs in 2026. I liked Brooks' college tape, but he hasn't been able to break out in the NFL. If Lloyd remains healthy, he has the athletic profile to win the RB2 role and be an RB2 if Jacobs goes down with an injury.

Fantasy Fortunes

QB Love will likely make this offense potent enough to support an RB1, with someone in the WR corps flirting weekly with a WR2 finish. Jacobs will be the bellcow in the backfield again, and a TD spike could vault him into high-end RB1 territory.

Expect Kraft to finish as a back-end TE1 or as a TE2. Year-1 after an ACL tear is typically a down year for fantasy production. He may come on strong to finish the year, and if he disappoints to start the year, look to buy at a discount from antsy fantasy managers.

Love will look to put up a back-end QB1 season, supporting an RB1, a WR2, two WR3-4s and a TE2.

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