The Ravens and John Harbaugh Will Choose Their Kicker “Based on Football”

The NFL’s investigation into kicker Justin Tucker’s allegations of unwanted sexual behavior by 16 massage therapists is still ongoing, therefore, he is still on the Baltimore Ravens‘ roster. Meanwhile, the Ravens selected kicker Tyler Loop in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

The Ravens’ approach to the kicking job would be “based on football,” according to head coach John Harbaugh.

On May 4, Harbaugh stated: “As you know, Justin [Tucker] has been in the building the last couple of weeks kicking and everything, and I’ve had a chance to talk to him a little bit, and he’s been working hard,” 

 “I would just say from the standpoint of the investigation and all that, we don’t know anything. We haven’t been given any information, as it should be. It’s all done the way it’s done. So, we don’t know anything along those lines, so you can’t make any decisions based on that. Every decision we make has to be based on football. There’s a lot of layers to that. You’ve got a rookie kicker in here. We took him in the sixth round, early in the sixth round. He’s a talented guy. Just from a football standpoint, salary cap, all the different things that you just take into consideration – whatever we decide to do over the next few weeks would be based on football.”

Tucker went 6-for-11 (.545) from 50+ and concluded the 2024 season with a career-worst 73.3% accuracy (22-of-30). Loop was 6-for-9 from 50+ yards, including a 62-yarder in 2024, to end his collegiate career. Loop completed with a 60-yard pass after going 13 of 14 at the NFL Scouting Combine.

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