What Should The Ravens Do About Justin Tucker Amid Kicking Struggles? | 11/19/24
November 19, 2024
What Should The Ravens Do About Justin Tucker Amid Kicking Struggles? | 11/19/24
Dan Patrick discusses Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker having a down season so far and wonders whether or not the team should look to bring in another kicker
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Justin Tucker has been broken ever since Kelce and Mahomes bullied him in the playoffs last season
Kickers have been horrendous this season
What should the Ravens do with Lamar Jackson who can beat bad defenses all day long and lose to good defenses like KC and Pittsburgh? No one asks this question. As a Steeler fan I recall "Slash" throwing multiple INTs in playoff games vs NE and Denver in the 90s. Ground gets real hard, like cement, and running quarterbacks hate getting tackled in January.
As an Eagles follower, Jake Elliot has also been off this season and he had been very consistent. It feels like the expectations of kickers in the league have changed. I don't remember it being so commonplace to expect long kicks back then as it's feels like today. Which probably allowed older kickers to remain in the league. The first think I expect to go is your strength. It sure feels like the expectations have shifted to expect every 55+ yard FG to just be made. And I think the data sort of supports that. I read this nugget a while back; "In 2023, the number of 60-yard field goals was the same as the total number of 60-yard field goals in the entire 20th century". When media, fans, and the league start to view 60 yard FGs as "common" it shifts the entire dynamics of the position.
You don't do a damn thing with Tucker. He still has plenty of leg to make kicks out to 60 yards. He's been in a bit of a slump, but it's not like he's a disaster. He's 16 for 22 on FGs and has missed one XP. I'd give him through at least next training camp to get close to his old form.
If you've watched the NFL the past few weeks, you've seen a lot of missed kicks. Maybe teams are assuming too much from their kickers and asking too much from them. Make some damn touchdowns for goodness sake.
Tucker is no Chris Boswell
Do kickers go through slumps? Or is it more that they fall off a cliff performance-wise, like Peyton Manning did in his last 1.5 seasons?
I don't get why everybody's over reading the slump he is going through the Steelers kicker Chris Boswell back in 2018 was a liability for the Steelers but the next season he was able to bounce back sometimes players go through slumps didn't Amari Cooper have dropped issues before in his careerfor his last year on the Raiders and then one year in Dallas too to act like these players don't go through slumps is ridiculous
"I Keek A Touchdown"—Garo
KEEP HIM!! (I'm a Steelers fan!)
I remember when Morten Anderson was one of my favorite Saint Player.
These teams depend more on their kickers than they do their QBs.
The Ravens should leave Tucker alone and get him in a position where he can make easy FGs.
It must be mental, and confidence comes after making a ton of kicks. If you look at Chris Boswell this year, every kick is pure, and it feels automatic. It reminds me of golfers who get in the zone. There is a fine line between a great player and a good player. The club doesn't know who is swinging it, but the greats knock it to 5 feet for the winning birdie, and the journeyman, play safe off to the right and have 30 feet. Same thing with kickers. The ball doesn't know whose foot is kicking it, but at the moment of impact, there must be just a fraction of difference when kickers start to choke. Boswell is in the perfect zone right now. Can't possibly kick the ball any better. Tucker has the yips kinda like Shaq shoots a free throw. The flow isn't natural, and Tucker is hoping for success. It is definitely fascinating and a lot of it is mental, even if at the end, it is all physics.
Tuck is fine leave Him alone… He'll figure it out. Once He realizes He's may have lost a yard or two in distance and settles down He'll be fine. STOUT tighten up bro and Tuck is good to go.
Kicking is 10% physical, 90% mental. Once you start doubting yourself is when you start missing.
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Justin Tucker has been broken ever since Kelce and Mahomes bullied him in the playoffs last season
Kickers have been horrendous this season
What should the Ravens do with Lamar Jackson who can beat bad defenses all day long and lose to good defenses like KC and Pittsburgh? No one asks this question. As a Steeler fan I recall "Slash" throwing multiple INTs in playoff games vs NE and Denver in the 90s. Ground gets real hard, like cement, and running quarterbacks hate getting tackled in January.
As an Eagles follower, Jake Elliot has also been off this season and he had been very consistent.
It feels like the expectations of kickers in the league have changed. I don't remember it being so commonplace to expect long kicks back then as it's feels like today. Which probably allowed older kickers to remain in the league. The first think I expect to go is your strength. It sure feels like the expectations have shifted to expect every 55+ yard FG to just be made. And I think the data sort of supports that. I read this nugget a while back; "In 2023, the number of 60-yard field goals was the same as the total number of 60-yard field goals in the entire 20th century". When media, fans, and the league start to view 60 yard FGs as "common" it shifts the entire dynamics of the position.
You don't do a damn thing with Tucker. He still has plenty of leg to make kicks out to 60 yards. He's been in a bit of a slump, but it's not like he's a disaster. He's 16 for 22 on FGs and has missed one XP. I'd give him through at least next training camp to get close to his old form.
If you've watched the NFL the past few weeks, you've seen a lot of missed kicks. Maybe teams are assuming too much from their kickers and asking too much from them. Make some damn touchdowns for goodness sake.
Tucker is no Chris Boswell
Do kickers go through slumps? Or is it more that they fall off a cliff performance-wise, like Peyton Manning did in his last 1.5 seasons?
I don't get why everybody's over reading the slump he is going through the Steelers kicker Chris Boswell back in 2018 was a liability for the Steelers but the next season he was able to bounce back sometimes players go through slumps didn't Amari Cooper have dropped issues before in his careerfor his last year on the Raiders and then one year in Dallas too to act like these players don't go through slumps is ridiculous
"I Keek A Touchdown"—Garo
KEEP HIM!! (I'm a Steelers fan!)
I remember when Morten Anderson was one of my favorite Saint Player.
These teams depend more on their kickers than they do their QBs.
The Ravens should leave Tucker alone and get him in a position where he can make easy FGs.
It must be mental, and confidence comes after making a ton of kicks. If you look at Chris Boswell this year, every kick is pure, and it feels automatic. It reminds me of golfers who get in the zone. There is a fine line between a great player and a good player. The club doesn't know who is swinging it, but the greats knock it to 5 feet for the winning birdie, and the journeyman, play safe off to the right and have 30 feet. Same thing with kickers. The ball doesn't know whose foot is kicking it, but at the moment of impact, there must be just a fraction of difference when kickers start to choke. Boswell is in the perfect zone right now. Can't possibly kick the ball any better. Tucker has the yips kinda like Shaq shoots a free throw. The flow isn't natural, and Tucker is hoping for success. It is definitely fascinating and a lot of it is mental, even if at the end, it is all physics.
Tuck is fine leave Him alone… He'll figure it out. Once He realizes He's may have lost a yard or two in distance and settles down He'll be fine. STOUT tighten up bro and Tuck is good to go.
Kicking is 10% physical, 90% mental. Once you start doubting yourself is when you start missing.
He owes somebody money.