How do the Packers take the next step? Tucker Kraft: “Nut up, or shut up.”

I mean Tucker Kraft put on a MASTERCLASS of an interview session after minicamp practice yesterday. What a shot of adrenaline this dude is. Our guy sounded like Stone Cold Steve Austin on the Raw before WrestleMania 17! He held nothing back. Recap:

• He all but guaranteed he’s on the field in Week 1 with, “no pitch count.”
• He all but guaranteed that his agent and the Packers are working out an extension and said he wanst to play for the franchise for the rest of his life.
• He told all of the roody poo candy asses in the locker room that they need to lock the *only I didn’t say fudge* in and play every snap in practice or a game like it’s the last play of their life.

Absolute DOG. Hell he motivated me so much that I might even spell and grammer check this bad boy before I click “publish” today!

In all seriousness, of all of the stuff he covered yesterday, the fact that he sounds 100% confident that he’ll be on the field for Week 1 is YUGE. I don’t think it’s a secret that a lot of this season’s success hinges on when Kraft and Micah Parsons make their way back from their respective ACL tears. Micah feels like he’s coming back mid-October-ish, but I think I anticipated that Kraft would miss at least a week or two. That doesn’t sound like it’s the case. If you can have Love/Watson/Reed/Golden/Kraft all at your disposal right out of the gate, my expectation is that the offense is going to be  humming.

PS: I’m sure a Packer fan page already has one in the works, but a “Nut Up or Shut Up” Packer shirt would go HARD. If I don’t see one in the next 24 hours I may have to dust of the Microsoft Paint skills.