Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has finally addressed the release of Justin Tucker, three weeks after the franchise made the ‘complex’ decision to cut the kicker.
The scandalized NFL star was released by the team earlier this month after his future was called into question following a number of shocking allegations.
Earlier this year, the married football player was accused of sexual misconduct by 16 massage therapists from across eight spas and wellness centers in the Baltimore area.
Tucker has denied any wrongdoing and previously branded the accusations ‘shocking and heart-breaking’. But on May 5, the Ravens made the ‘tough decision’ to release him.
Speaking for the first time since the release, head coach Harbaugh maintained Wednesday that the move was a ‘football decision.’
‘I mean, you’re talking about arguably the best kicker in the history of the game,’ Harbaugh said, via ESPN. ‘And like we said, it’s multi-layered [and] it’s complicated. But in the end, it all comes back to what you have to do to get ready for your team to play the first game. And I think if you step back and you take a look at all the issues and all the ramifications, you can understand that we’ve got to get our football team ready and we’ve got to have a kicker to go. And that was the move that we decided to make.’
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has finally addressed the release of Justin Tucker
The Baltimore Ravens announced earlier this month that the scandalized kicker had been cut
«So in that sense, it’s a football decision and now we have to spend all of our focus and our time to get these kickers ready,’ he added following the Ravens’ second OTA practice of the offseason.
‘We’ve got a competition going on and [we’ve got to] get these guys ready to make kicks. So that’s all I’m thinking about. From my perspective, it’s like, ‘We have to have a kicker out there making kicks,’ and what’s the best way to get that done?»
call girl in Tiruvallur a statement announcing Tucker’s release, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta
