The Baltimore Ravens announced on Monday that they were launching the kicking Justin Tucker, qualifying him as a difficult decision based on the current team.
Tucker, 35, who has been in the team since 2012, in January was accused of inappropriate behavior during massage therapy sessions by six women who spoke with the Baltimore banner. The media of the following month reported accusations of more women.
The executive vice president and general manager of the Ravens, Eric Decosta, did not mention the accusations in Monday’s statement that Tucker was being published by the team.
Tucker has denied any irregularity, and has not been accused of any crime.
Last month, the Ravens wrote a kicker, Tyler Loop, in the sixth round.
The Ravens coach John Harbaugh said that any decision made about Tucker’s place in the team would be based on football, Nfl.com reported.
“Sometimes, football decisions are incredibly difficult, and this is one of those cases,” said Decosta in Monday’s statement that Tucker would be released. “Taking into account our current list, we have made the difficult decision to free Justin Tucker.”
Decosta thanked Tucker for his contributions to the Ravens, and said he highlighted the “reliability, focus, impulse, resistance and extraordinary talent” of Tucker.
Tucker is considered one of the most precise kickers in the history of NFL. He had some struggles during the 2024 season.
An NFL investigation into accusations of misconduct against Tucker remains in progress, NBC Sports reported.
Tucker has called the accusations in Baltimore’s banner “unequivocally false.”
“By accusing me of misconduct, the article requires harmless or ambiguous interactions and biases so out of proportion that they are no longer recognizable, and presents vague insinuations as a fact,” Tucker said in a statement in January. “This is a desperate sensational fodder.”
Decosta thanked Tucker and said that the team wishes him the best to him and his family.
“We are grateful for Justin’s many contributions while we play for the Ravens,” Decosta said. “We sincerely wish him his family the best in this next chapter of his lives.”
Tucker was signed by the Ravens in 2012 as a free agent. He was appointed for the Pro Bowl seven times and is a Super Bowl champion, winning the Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens at the end of the 2012 season.
