A Washington Post letter to the editor criticizing the Baltimore national anthem tradition for being disrespectful misses the point of what patriotism should be about.
Until a few months ago, Tucker was regarded as a lock for the Ravens’ Ring of Honor and a likely candidate to join the tiny cadre of kickers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Tucker’s sudden departure has become a Rorschach test for Ravens fans, who before his miserable 2024 knew him mostly as the most accurate kicker in NFL history and a minor folk hero in Baltimore.