Ravens draft Arizona kicker amid uncertainty surrounding Tucker

Ravens draft kicker Loop amid uncertainty surrounding Tucker
The Baltimore Ravens selected Arizona kicker Tyler Loop in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 186 overall.
Loop joins the team as the NFL investigates incumbent kicker Justin Tucker. Tucker has been accused of sexual misconduct by 16 massage therapists.
Tucker, 35, also struggled through his worst season in 2024. His 73.3% field-goal conversion rate was the worst mark of his career. He was notably inaccurate from deep, missing five of his 11 tries from 50-plus yards. Tucker holds the NFL record for career field-goal percentage (89.1%) through 212 career games.
Loop made 67 of his 80 field-goal attempts in college (83.8%) and 98.4% of his extra points. He also punted 28 times for 1,200 yards.
For this year, though, the Ravens have an absurd five sixth-round picks. They have pick Nos. 178 (from the Tennessee Titans earlier on Saturday), 186 (from the Jets), 203 (their own), 210 and 212 (both compensatory picks). They’ve made five picks so far, and they’ll double that in the sixth round alone.
For the second time on Day 3, the Baltimore Ravens have traded down in the NFL Draft order.
This time, they traded with the New York Jets, sending away pick No. 176 and a 2026 sixth-round pick in exchange for pick No. 186 and a 2026 fifth-round pick. So, they move down slightly in exchange for potentially moving up much more next year.
would assume that the Ravens had enough Day 3 picks to work with, but judging by the fact that they traded down twice on Saturday, apparently that isn’t the case.
The Jets selected Miami edge rusher Tyler Baron with the pick they received from the Ravens. That pick was originally a compensatory selection as well.
The Ravens will be back on the clock very soon, and quite frequently throughout the sixth round, as mentioned at length before.
The Baltimore Ravens trade down for the second time on Day 3.




