Right about now, the glass-housed Cleveland Browns are in no position to throw stones.
Their biggest name on defense, Myles Garrett, wants out.
Their biggest name on offense, Deshaun Watson? The Browns wish they could get out.
Still ... the Baltimore Ravens high-and-mighty approach to bad behavior - coach John Harbaugh now infamously insisted he oversees a "zero-tolerance policy'' that he said should apply to Watson in Cleveland but apparently doesn't apply to his own stars - has them in the crosshairs today.
This is all regarding Justin Tucker, one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history. ... and also one of the nastiest regular customers at an assortment of Baltimore massage parlors.
Allegedly.
Tucker, a 13-year vet and six-time All-Pro, remains one of the league’s premier kickers, even as at 34 years old he struggled a bit last year. (Some are suggesting that his uncharacteristic problems are the result of him knowing sex-scandal allegations were brewing.)
So what are the pristine Ravens to do?
He has a $6 million cap hit that makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid kickers.
Can the Ravens just move on?
"If they decide to move on, the Ravens might wait until the start of the new league year in March," PFT's Mike Florio writes.“Without a post-June 1 designation, releasing Tucker would trigger a cap charge of $7.5175 million for 2025. By waiting to activate the CBA rule that allows a team to sever ties while spreading the dead money over two years, the Ravens would take a $2.8725 million charge in 2025 and a $4.645 million charge in 2026. Cutting him would also wipe out a non-guaranteed $4.2 million salary for 2025."
Florio is getting this info straight off of OverTheCap.com or some such place. He's not offering any insight here but for the raw math. But once PFT writes it?
Tucker getting cut becomes a "rumor.''
Does his off-the-field actions - assuming the ugly allegations are true - have severe consequences? The Ravens say they do. Their actions will tell the truth.
