NFL fans believe that the struggles of Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker can be attributed to a moment with Travis Kelce last season.
Tucker’s lackluster season continued in the Ravens‘ 24-19 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 13.
RexBaltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker misses an attempted 47-yard field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 13[/caption]
X @ohrnbergerTravis Kelce seen tossing Tucker’s equipment to the side to give quarterback Patrick Mahomes the room to get ready for the 2023-24 AFC Championship game[/caption]
On Sunday, Tucker missed three kicks and raised his misses to a new career-high of eight.
The seven-time Pro Bowl kicker missed an extra point and two field goals in the third quarter of the contest.
NFL fans claim Tucker has struggled since his run-in with Kelce before the Kansas City Chiefs-Ravens 2023-24 AFC Championship game.
Tucker was doing his pregame stretching and kicking routine and was also in Kansas City’s designated warmup area.
After neither party moved, Kelce tossed Tucker’s equipment away to give his quarterback Patrick Mahomes the room to get ready for the playoff clash.
Tucker did make his lone field goal attempt and extra point in the eventual 17-10 loss, but the 35-year-old has had his worst season in his 13 campaigns in the league.
“The Chiefs devil magic is real because Justin Tucker hasn’t been the same since [the Kelce incident],” one commented.
“My man needed to get baptized after that moment,” another wrote.
“Ever since Kelce threw his little place holder it’s been downhill” a third added.
After Sunday’s game, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said to reporters that Tucker is “definitely capable of making every kick. … Nobody wants to make those kicks more than Justin.”
The first missed kick took place on a first-quarter extra point with the Ravens up 9-0.
The kick hit off the field goal post.
The Eagles then scored 14 unanswered points.
During the third quarter, Tucker missed a 47-yard field goal attempt and then a 53-yard attempt on the next drive.
ReutersTucker watches his failed third-quarter field goal attempt in the loss to the Eagles[/caption]
The last attempt was wide right as the Ravens were down 19-14 with 1:31 left in the third quarter.
Tucker will have time to get his mind, and right leg, right as the Ravens will head to the bye week next week.
Harbaugh told reporters after the game that the team would get the majority of the week off.
They will face the 2-10 New York Giants in Week 15.
The Ravens have an 8-5 record and are 1.5 games back of the first-place Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North.
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