Justin Tucker has now missed extra kicks this season than he did all of final yr, because the seven-time Pro Bowler’s struggles continued in Pittsburgh.
Tucker missed vast left from 47 and 50 yards in the primary half in opposition to the Steelers, resulting in a 12-7 deficit in the third quarter.
The distinction, no less than on the scoreboard, was between the kickers as Tucker missed each of his alternatives and the Steelers’ Chris Boswell hit all three of his from 32, 52, 32, and 57, respectively.
The Ravens aren’t accustomed to being on the flawed finish of a kicker battle, however Tucker is having the hardest season of his 13-year profession.
He now has six missed discipline objectives this season and a failed additional level. All seven misses have been vast left.
He’s now 15 of 21 on the season for a career-low 71.4 field-goal share.
Tucker’s career-high in discipline purpose misses was seven in 2015 – his fourth NFL season – when he went 33 of 40. He missed six discipline objectives in 2022, however that was a Pro Bowl season in which he made a league-high 37.
Asked this week whether or not there was any type of development with Tucker’s struggles, Special Teams Coordinator Chris Horton stated every kick is totally different and that he “did not make good foot to ball contact” on the missed additional level in opposition to the Bengals final week.
“Every kick is its personal separate kick when he goes on the market, as a result of each foot to ball contact, each snap to carry, you attempt to make these issues as constant as you presumably can,” Horton stated. “He’s in place. He’s in place, [and] he will be OK.”
Tucker is not the one normally dependable kicker struggling this season. The Falcons’ Younghoe Koo, a 2020 Pro Bowler, has missed seven. Greg Zuerlein, who made the second-most discipline objectives final season, has shanked six.
