Listening to 1057 the Fan, Jason la Canfora basically suggested that tucker is no longer as dependable as he use to me. No doubt that Tucker being in his mid 30s, hes going to miss more FGs because of his body, but I think people are getting too caught up on this. Tuckers only misses from this year before Sunday Night were all from 50+, one of them being from 60 yards. And even tho tucker is the record holder, kicking 60 yarders is still hard considering most Kickers Season Highs dont even pass that.
Now, do i think there is an issue? 100%. I think the problem is the O-line doesnt help when you are allowing the defense to get more leverage considering Tucker likes to Line drive his kicks which is why alot of the misses Tucker has are from blocked kicks. The most tucker has missed in a season is 7 FGs in 2015, but I think he will miss one more at least but its not something i am too worried about.
PS: Congrats to Younghoe Koo to be the being the top spot by .01%, but when he has only 160 FG attempts and tucker has 400+, its not even a fair comparison LOL. come back in 5 more years
Small sample size. Missing that 44 yarder in a dome concerned me, NGL, but most of the other misses were due to poor line play resulting in a block, or just long distance.
He’s the most under utilized weapon we have. He used to make bank for us back when Flacco was under center but now the amount of times we go for it on 4th down and often fail at that is high. He’s gone games without much activity, I know cause he got dropped in fantasy and I picked him up. So I would suggest rust more than anything.
I’m nervous AF every time we have to kick a field goal now. So I guess yeah I am worried.
Worried? No, is he human? Yes. No kick is 100% guaranteed. I’d still rather have Tucker over any other kicker in the league.
I think the bigger issue is ST coaching, kicking unit and punt return defense has been ROUGH
Tucker is the 🐐.
Koo kicks indoor and his field is turf. His long is 54 yards. Tucker kicks off Bermuda grass, outside.
Talking heads gonna talk.