{"id":27511,"date":"2025-05-06T05:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/27511\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T05:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:01:14","slug":"justin-tucker-released-by-ravens-as-nfl-investigates-alleged-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/27511\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Tucker Released By Ravens As NFL Investigates Alleged Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Justin Tucker<br \/>\n                          Released By Ravens<br \/>\n                          &#8230; As NFL Investigates Alleged Misconduct<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published May 5, 2025 2:15 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250505_97f1d34cf3b2434e913563e0fb87d547\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:951e6722-8f21-430c-b10a-94f4d09813f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/97f1d34cf3b2434e913563e0fb87d547_md.jpg\" alt=\"Justin-Tucker-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-tucker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Tucker<\/a> has just been released by the Ravens &#8230; though the Baltimore organization is adamant his departure is strictly due to his between-the-sidelines issues.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Eric DeCosta just announced his team has parted ways with its longtime kicker &#8230; though in a statement, he made no mention of Tucker&#8217;s alleged misconduct involving massage therapists.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250505_5fb0f78aa04e4813a9fea537bac3664e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:951e6722-8f21-430c-b10a-94f4d09813f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5fb0f78aa04e4813a9fea537bac3664e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Justin-Tucker-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeCosta called the move &#8220;incredibly difficult&#8221; &#8230; and explained the shape of their current roster was the reason for moving on from the perennial Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes football decisions are incredibly difficult,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and this is one of those instances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are grateful for Justin&#8217;s many contributions while playing for the Ravens,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We sincerely wish him and his family the very best in the next chapter of their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Tucker did struggle on the field in 2024-25 &#8212; he made just 73 percent of his field goal attempts &#8212; his offseason was marred by allegations of misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250227_b0b3d56d21ff4593b56cf3d7016f0a9f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:951e6722-8f21-430c-b10a-94f4d09813f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b0b3d56d21ff4593b56cf3d7016f0a9f_md.jpg\" alt=\"justin tucker amanda bass sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sixteen massage therapists alleged he behaved inappropriately during sessions between 2012-2016. The accusations were so numerous, the NFL actually opened up an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker, though, has insisted he committed no wrongdoing &#8230; releasing multiple denials. His wife, too, said in a statement in February she believes her husband and supports him &#8220;fully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tucker made eight All-Pro teams during his time with the Ravens &#8230; and was named to the NFL&#8217;s 2010s All-Decade Team.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250505_29db27eae92048bea6ae43c88334c13c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:951e6722-8f21-430c-b10a-94f4d09813f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/29db27eae92048bea6ae43c88334c13c_md.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler-Loop-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore now looks like it will give over its placekicking duties to its sixth-round pick, Tyler Loop &#8212; while Tucker heads to free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Tucker Released By Ravens &#8230; As NFL Investigates Alleged Misconduct Published May 5, 2025 2:15 PM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,88,6,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-27511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-news","13":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114459134381055403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}