Trailing 24-17 with 24 seconds to play, Joe Flacco hit John Brown with a 14-yard touchdown pass to send a pivotal cross-conference showdown between the Ravens and Saints to overtime. Or so Baltimore thought.
Justin Tucker, the NFL’s most accurate kicker of all time, missed a game-tying PAT vs. the Saints
Tucker hadn’t missed a kick from 33 yards or less in 300 tries as a pro.
The touchdown cut the lead to 24-23, but Justin Tucker — the most accurate kicker in NFL history — sliced the ensuing extra point wide right to effectively doom the Ravens to a home loss. The All-Pro had made all 222 extra point tries in his NFL career before Sunday’s game-changing miss.
Not only had Tucker never missed an extra point, he’d never missed a single field goal from inside 33 yard in his seven-year career. No one seemed more shocked by the miss than the prolific kicker himself:
But that didn’t stop the internet from sharing its surprise:
The veteran had one more chance to redeem himself with a suddenly-vital onside kick attempt, but his kickoff bounced into the waiting arms of Alvin Kamara. 2017’s offensive rookie of the year dove on the ball to seal his team’s win and push the Saints to 5-1 on the season. The Ravens fell to 4-3, dropping them to third place in the AFC North.
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