Justin Tucker went unselected in the 2012 NFL Draft coming out of Texas. Ten years into his pro career, he’s now widely considered the greatest field goal kicker of all-time for the Baltimore Ravens. Tucker is the most accurate kicker in league history with a minimum of 100 attempts (he’s made 91.3 percent of his kicks for his career), he’s a five-time All-Pro, and he has the longest made field goal in league history with his 66-yard game-winner in 2021.
Justin Tucker taunted, made jokes, and kicked another game-winning field goal for Ravens
Justin Tucker’s celebrations and one-liners are just as great as his kicking.
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Tucker showed why he’s the GOAT again on Sunday night as the Ravens beat the Bengals, 19-17, in Week 5. Tucker went 4-for-4 on the night, and knocked home a 43-yard game-winner as time expired to give Baltimore the victory.
Tucker doesn’t just make kicks — he celebrates them too. After he made a 58-yarder to give the Ravens the lead in the third quarter, he immediately turned to the camera and started taunting.
Getty Images has some wonderful still shots as well:
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After the Bengals took a one-point lead on a Joe Burrow QB sneak touchdown with just under two minutes left, it was easy to think a Tucker game-winner was inevitable. That’s exactly what happened. Lamar Jackson marched the team down into field goal range, where Tucker had was a basically a chip shot for him from 43 yards.
After Tucker made the kick, he gave a hilarious interview to NBC Sports where he called himself a “system kicker.”
The game-winner also apparently went through the dead center of the uprights:
What other kicker inspires this kind of reaction from people?
There’s never been a better kicker in the history of football.
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