tsylvester Posted September 23 Posted September 23 The biggest shocker of the Ravens' season has been Justin Tucker's struggles. The man who has long carried the GOAT torch has missed a field goal in each of the Ravens' first three games – the most misses in the NFL so far. Tucker's first two misses came from beyond 50 yards, drawing scrutiny over his long-distance kicking dating back to last season, but Sunday's miscue in Dallas was from 46 yards. All three were wide left. The miss in Dallas had a particularly dramatic hook after looking like it was heading straight at the start. Head Coach John Harbaugh and Tucker had a talk on the field after the miss. "I just love the guy and respect him. He's everything that you want in a player and friend," Harbaugh said. "Beyond that, for Justin, it's just a technique issue right now that he's working through. I think he's got a technique thing going on. He can work through it. He knows exactly what it is, and he just needs to smooth it back out. I'm very confident that he will." Tucker is 5-of-8 so far this season on his field goal attempts. His other misses were from 53 and 56 yards. Last year, he missed five all season and he's never missed more than seven in a year. The man who has long carried the GOAT torch has missed a field goal in each of the Ravens' first three games – the most misses in the NFL so far. Tucker's first two misses came from beyond 50 yards, drawing scrutiny over his long-distance kicking dating back to last season, but Sunday's miscue in Dallas was from 46 yards. All three were wide left. The miss in Dallas had a particularly dramatic hook after looking like it was heading straight at the start. Looking at his 46-yard miss in Dallas, it starts straight but there's a dramatic hook halfway through. I'm no kicking expert so I have no idea why, but I'm sure the Ravens know. Confident he'llffix it. Head Coach John Harbaugh and Tucker had a talk on the field after the miss. "I just love the guy and respect him. He's everything that you want in a player and friend," Harbaugh said. "Beyond that, for Justin, it's just a technique issue right now that he's working through. I think he's got a technique thing going on. He can work through it. He knows exactly what it is, and he just needs to smooth it back out. I'm very confident that he will." Tucker is 5-of-8 so far this season on his field goal attempts. His other misses were from 53 and 56 yards. Last year, he missed five all season and he's never missed more than seven in a year. Tucker has missed a kick in back-to-back games four times in his career (twice in 2015, 2022, and 2023). This is his first time missing a kick in three straight games. Tucker still stands atop NFL history with a career field goal percentage of 89.6%. He's gone through some tough patches throughout his career and come out the other side. "Justin knows that we support him. I try to make sure he knows that. That's part of it, relationship wise," Harbaugh said. "The talent, the ability, all that stuff is there. That hasn't gone anywhere. We see it all the time. But it's a technique thing. I think we approach it from a technical standpoint. [Senior Special Teams Coach] Randy Brown does a great job coaching that part of it. Randy's the foremost guy in the business at that. They work on that every single day. For me, I just try to encourage what I see and understand the technique as well. Justin is a pro. I have great belief that he'll get the job done https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/justin-tucker-technical-issue-kicker-rebound-ravens Quote
oldno82 Posted September 23 Posted September 23 The only thing that's different from when he was money on every attempt, is that our long time ST coach retired. Quote
oldno82 Posted September 23 Posted September 23 Ah! I stand corrected. I though Rossberg retired the season before last. Man, time does fly when you get old! Quote
tsylvester Posted October 6 Author Posted October 6 56 yards, it hugged the left up right, but it was good. I hope that this took the proverbial monkey off of his back. To kick the short game winner I'm sure felt even better Quote
papasmurfbell Posted October 7 Posted October 7 I’d like to see him string some of these performances together. Quote
tsylvester Posted October 7 Author Posted October 7 5 hours ago, papasmurfbell said: I’d like to see him string some of these performances together. Me too but sometimes to get rid of the yipps, you just need to make one. Quote
tsylvester Posted October 28 Author Posted October 28 Tucker makes the 50 yarder, he has a 40 yarder to hit to win the game. Yes, a lot of ifs and buts in the Cleveland game, a loss no matter what now. Dead leg? As the announcer suspected, a long time successful kicker in the league. Maybe he has to stop trying to kick 70 yarders in warm ups and practice. It used to be a fun way for him and the team to pass some time. What ever the reason, like the defense, just as with the special teams tackling, fielding on side kicks, until they fix them, this team is 1 and done in the playoffs without a consistent Tucker, a viable defense, better coverage on special teams. This is a true team game, 3 fazes. Quote
tsylvester Posted November 20 Author Posted November 20 I heard an interview with Stover on Tucker's struggles. He essentially said that it is normal when it comes to kicking, even he had his struggles over the course of his career. He does feel Justin will work things out, just as he did with the 56 yarder in the game after 2 misses. Fun story time; I used to work for Howard County parks & recs. During the off season, Stover, who lived near Centennial field in Howard County, I worked at the park down the road, would go out to Centennial to practice his kicks. Now in the off season, the fields are closed to help the grass recover from the heavy use. Well, one Saturday, a worker there kicked him off the field. When Matt tried to explain, the guy didn't want to hear it. Oh not because he was on a power trip, rather, because he was a Redslurs fan Matt did get to keep practicing there once cooler heads found out. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted November 21 Posted November 21 Somebody brought up this might coralate with cox and Koch. His little team was broken up and it might be in his head. Quote
tsylvester Posted November 21 Author Posted November 21 Matt talked a little bit about the team, he looked over most every kick and said the snaps were "right on the spot" on those misses and the holds looked good. Justin said on the one he made, they agreed to change his aiming point slightly right and boom, straight in. So it appears it is either a mind issue with Tucker in game only, or perhaps the holder, Stout, is just tilting the ball slightly enough to cause the miss. Either way, we will never know. Quote
tsylvester Posted December 3 Author Posted December 3 2 more misses, this time one to the right. The one that went right and his actions after the kick imply, to me, he expected it to hook. Add the extra point and brother, does he have a big problem. Coach B and Pat Macafe on this https://youtu.be/fRmGfwByb-Y?si=lJaLkoKPj_vd2x0y Quote
tsylvester Posted December 6 Author Posted December 6 Well, if true, found on the Instagram, the only place i could find it, according to Google, so take it for what it is worth The #Ravens are working out Kickers Mason Crosby, Randy Bullock, and Greg Zuerlein during their bye week. Quote
oldno82 Posted December 7 Posted December 7 I saw it on a couple of websites I've never heard of, but I can't find it on anything I consider reputable either. Quote
tsylvester Posted December 7 Author Posted December 7 Yeah, after a lot of searching, no way that report is real, sorry about the apparent fake news Quote
oldno82 Posted December 8 Posted December 8 Hey, no worries. Just wait until fake A/I really gets rolling. Quote
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