Tucker Kraft expects to come off active/PUP "very soon

Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst said earlier Wednesday that tight end Tucker Kraft will return " sooner rather than later ." Kraft, who is on the active/physically unable to perform list, echoed that later Wednesday.

Kraft said he expects to begin practicing " very soon ," Ryan Wood of PackersNews.com reports.

Kraft tore the ACL in his right knee in a Nov. 2 game against the Panthers. He underwent surgery later that month.