Ravens release Justin Tucker

[Dan Darragh]

Not a single "Get 'er done Beane" post!  What's become of this board???

[GunnerBill]

9 hours ago, MJS said:

He sucked last year anyway.

 

Yea I don't think it was entirely off field. Tucker really struggled in 2024. Would they have shown more patience and loyalty if the off field stuff wasn't in the background, and given him a chance to bounce back in 2025? Perhaps, but it isn't crazy to say this is a football decision. Even if that is only partly true.

[machine gun kelly]

Moving on.  

[Gregg]

7 hours ago, wppete said:

Im thinking more likely Cleveland Browns with Deshawn. 

 

Don't forget Shedeur Sanders.

[JP51]

15 hours ago, DJB said:

Welcome to Kansas City Justin!

My thoughts exactly or Miami or Cleveland... 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I bet that he hangs as a free agent, and some team with a struggling kicker snags him mid or late season. 

[DrDawkinstein]

11 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea I don't think it was entirely off field. Tucker really struggled in 2024. Would they have shown more patience and loyalty if the off field stuff wasn't in the background, and given him a chance to bounce back in 2025? Perhaps, but it isn't crazy to say this is a football decision. Even if that is only partly true.

 

Yeah, the off field stuff sped it along and made it an easier decision, but he was falling off a cliff last year and unlikely to recover.

 

Before all the off field stuff there was already talk about how he was a "technique" kicker, but that specific technique can only last so long and once it goes it's gone.

 

I'd say it was a 50/50 split on the cause.

[SoTier]

On 5/5/2025 at 6:24 PM, wjag said:

Should be interesting to see if anyone will sign him.  He’ll likely lose his Royal Farms gigs too.  
 

Hard to fathom how he could be caught in same snare when he saw what happened to Watson. 

 

The allegations stem from incidents that occurred when Tucker was a young player, 10 plus years ago IIRC, years before Deshaun Watson entered the NFL. 

[Old Coot]

Move along. Nothing to see here.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

Never understood why athletes who can get anyone they want still decide to do this weird ****
 

 

[MAJBobby]

Started struggling on field. A non significant cap number. Has off field drama. Drafted a kicker

 

this was the easiest telegraphed move one could have called. 

[NoSaint]

On 5/6/2025 at 1:30 PM, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Yeah, the off field stuff sped it along and made it an easier decision, but he was falling off a cliff last year and unlikely to recover.

 

Before all the off field stuff there was already talk about how he was a "technique" kicker, but that specific technique can only last so long and once it goes it's gone.

 

I'd say it was a 50/50 split on the cause.

framed differently:

 

if he was a lethal all pro still - I think almost no chance he’s gone now 

 

without the allegations but playing like he has been- I think he’s on the roster but legit fighting for his job in an open battle. 

[Virgil]

Strange.  Did he do something?

[stuvian]

a bird in the handy is worth two in the bush

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

If it was 3 or 4 years ago and this guy was maybe still a top 5 kicker in NFL history, nobody would even care about the extra stuff. Every team would want him and the Ravens wouldn’t let him go. He was terrible last year…so now the other stuff matters.

[Billsfed1]

I think this guy is cooked.  Really hard seeing another team enduring the media headache over a kicker…

[HomeskillitMoorman]

It feels like the Ravens know that the evidence doesn't look good for Tucker. This guy has been a huge part of their franchise, if they felt even decently at all about his innocence I think they'd have his back much more than this. 

On 5/7/2025 at 10:20 PM, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Never understood why athletes who can get anyone they want still decide to do this weird ****
 

 

 

Me neither. Even the whole Trevor Bauer thing where he may be "innocent"...he basically still gets off on hitting women and sent all those texts from his own phone and social media. It's so bizarre to me why they put themselves in those positions. Even just at baseline if we're taking him at his word...using your own Instagram and "playing rough" with a woman you barely know when you're a famous athlete is just stupid.