Ravens coach John Harbaugh discusses 'complicated' decision to release Justin Tucker

Earlier this month, the Baltimore Ravens released Justin Tucker arsenic 16 massage therapists from 8 antithetic Baltimore spa and wellness centers accused him of inappropriate behaviour owed to alleged incidents betwixt 2012 and 2016.

The team, though, called the roster determination a "football decision" aft the 35-year-old, who is simply a five-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler, had his worst twelvemonth successful the NFL successful 2024 with a 73.3% field-goal percentage. 

Tucker made 22 of his 30 field-goal attempts, missing 3-of-8 from 40-49 yards and 6-of-11 from 50 yards and beyond. He besides missed 2 of his 62 other constituent attempts. 

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Ravens spot kicker Justin Tucker arrives earlier the crippled against the Cleveland Browns astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore connected Jan. 4, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images)

He inactive has the all-time vocation field-goal percent astatine 89.1%, and caput manager John Harbaugh said the script is "complicated."

"I mean, you're talking astir arguably the champion kicker successful the past of the game. And similar we said, it's multilayered [and] it's complicated," Harbaugh told the media connected Wednesday, via ESPN. "But successful the end, it each comes backmost to what you person to bash to get acceptable for your squad to play the archetypal game. And I deliberation if you measurement backmost and you instrumentality a look astatine each the issues and each the ramifications, you tin recognize that we've got to get our shot squad ready, and we've got to person a kicker to go. And that was the determination that we decided to make.

"So, successful that sense, it's a shot decision, and present we person to walk each of our absorption and our clip to get these kickers ready. We've got a contention going connected and [we've got to] get these guys acceptable to marque kicks. So that's each I'm reasoning about. From my perspective, it's like, 'We person to person a kicker retired determination making kicks,' and what's the champion mode to get that done?"

The Baltimore Banner archetypal reported the allegations, with victims saying Tucker repeatedly exposed himself during a span of 4 years, including his rookie run erstwhile the Ravens won the Super Bowl. 

Ravens caput manager John Harbaugh, center, greets kicker Justin Tucker aft making a tract extremity against the Cleveland Browns astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore connected Sept. 29, 2019. (Mitch Stringer-USA TODAY Sports)

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Tucker has denied each allegations, calling them "unequivocally false" successful a connection posted to societal media. 

"Throughout my career arsenic a nonrecreational athlete, I person ever sought to behaviour myself with the utmost professionalism. I person ne'er earlier been accused of misconduct of immoderate kind, and I person ne'er been accused of acting inappropriately successful beforehand of a massage therapist oregon during a massage therapy league oregon during different bodywork," Tucker’s connection said.

Justin Tucker (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

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"I person ne'er received immoderate complaints from a massage therapist, person ne'er been dismissed from a massage therapy oregon bodywork league and person ne'er been told that I was not invited astatine immoderate spa oregon different spot of business."  

Six massage therapists came retired first, followed by 7 much women and an eventual full of 16. The accusations from each women are similar. 

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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