The Green Bay Packers 2024 season finished when they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card Round. Green Bay had an 11-7 record this season.
While the Packers were a good team this year, they were never an elite team. Green Bay will have to change some things next season if they want to become an elite team. Some players improved on the Green Bay Packers this season.
Pro Football Focus Picked Green Bay Packers Offensive Lineman Zach Tom As Most Improved Player In 2024
Pro Football Focus writer Thomas Valentine on Wednesday wrote an article about each NFL team’s most improved player during the 2024 NFL season. For the Green Bay Packers, Valentine chose offensive lineman Zach Tom as the team’s most improved player this season. Thomas Valentine said:
“The Packers have hit on yet another offensive lineman. Zach Tom was a fourth-round pick in 2022 and became a regular starter in 2023. Since then, Tom has become one of the most assured tackles in the NFL and took his biggest leap forward in 2024, earning an 87.6 grade. Tom’s 4.5% pressure rate was the 19th lowest among tackles in the NFL and dropped from 5.3% in 2023, and he allowed just three sacks in 562 pass-blocking snaps.
Tom saw a substantial increase in his run-blocking grade too. In 2023, Tom earned a 75.8 run-blocking grade, but in 2024, buoyed by a stronger running game, he earned a 90.0 grade, the third-highest grade in the NFL. His improvement saw him selected to PFF’s 2024 All-Pro team.”
Zach Tom was showing signs of improvement during the 2023 season as the right tackle for the Green Bay Packers. It appears as if Tom is going to be the starting right tackle for this franchise for the next several years. The offensive line is one of the positions that the Packers usually draft well.
Tucker Kraft Also Showed Signs Of Improvement
Another player on the Green Bay Packers who showed major signs of improvement during their second season was tight end Tucker Kraft. He became the number one tight end on the roster when Luke Musgrave was injury-riddled during the 2024 NFL season. Kraft caught 50 passes for 707 yards receiving and seven touchdowns, along with averaging 14.1 yards per reception.
Tucker Kraft was also targeted 70 times this season. Also, while Zach Tom has shown improvement this year and there was nothing wrong with this choice by Pro Football Focus, Kraft felt more deserving of the most improved player. Tom and Kraft are building blocks for this franchise moving forward as well.
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