Look at what the roster was a year ago and you will see how long the Green Bay Packers transformation has gone at tight end. Robert Tonyan and Marcedes Lewis spent the 2023 season with the Chicago Bears, and an influx of young talent arrived in Green Bay.
Right now, all tight ends under contract for next season were rookies this season — but, surprisingly, they had a high impact right away: Luke Musgrave, Tucker Kraft, and Ben Sims finished the season on the 53-man roster. Tight end/fullback hybrid Henry Pearson and Joel Wilson were on the practice squad and signed future deals.
With that in mind, it will be tough to justify a roster spot for the only two tight ends that were kept from 2022 to 2023: Josiah Deguara and Tyler Davis. Now, they are both slated to be unrestricted free agents.
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Josiah Deguara
Deguara is the most relevant one here because the Packers really liked him. So much so that general manager Brian Gutekunst took him in the third round in the 2020 NFL Draft. However, his game hasn’t taken off.