Justin Tucker

“We’ve got to have a kicker ready to go,” Harbaugh said. “And there’s a whole lot of moving parts to that deal. It’s just the reality of it.”

Until a few months ago, Tucker was regarded as a lock for the Ravens’ Ring of Honor and a likely candidate to join the tiny cadre of kickers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In late March, John Harbaugh said the Ravens had a “really good” roster. After the NFL draft, it looks even better.

Tucker’s sudden departure has become a Rorschach test for Ravens fans, who before his miserable 2024 knew him mostly as the most accurate kicker in NFL history and a minor folk hero in Baltimore.

"He wants it to come down to him,” said Danny Gonzales, Loop's special teams coordinator at Arizona.

The most accurate kicker in NFL history is suddenly a free agent — while awaiting the results of a league investigation.

In a statement, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta on Monday called it a “football decision” that was “incredibly difficult.”

No one made as many headlines during the NFL draft as Shedeur Sanders, but the Ravens at least gave it a shot.

At least one kicker has been drafted every year since 2012, except in 2015.

Team President Sashi Brown said the Ravens won’t make any decisions regarding Tucker until the NFL announces its findings.

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker once again denied allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior from multiple massage therapists in the Baltimore area. For the first time, he has also issued an apology.

“Each situation stands on its own. Actions will be determined after the facts are known,” a team spokesperson said.

“We’ll wait as patiently as we can for as much information as we can, and we’ll make our decisions based on that,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said at the NFL scouting combine.

Ravens officials will face questions about Justin Tucker at the scouting combine, but experts say the team’s silence has been wise.

NFL investigators were in Baltimore this week interviewing massage therapists who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior.

The women, most of whom do not know each other, detailed similar experiences at Baltimore-area spas. They told people close to them around the time the incidents occurred.

The new accusers provided similar details about Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker that The Baltimore Banner had not previously reported.

“So we will look into those issues,” Goodell said Monday. “They’re obviously serious issues. And he’s taking that seriously, as well as we.”

“We are aware of the situation regarding Justin Tucker and are closely monitoring it," a spokesperson said.

Multiple massage therapists have accused Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior. Banner reporters discuss the reporting process behind their investigation.