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Ravens’ All-Pro Justin Tucker is STILL the NFL’s highest-paid kicker after signing new $24m deal to stay with Baltimore at $6m per year – and $17.5m is guaranteed!
- Justin Tucker has signed a new $24million four-year contract with the Ravens
- Pittsburgh Steelers’ Chris Boswell did join Tucker as the highest-paid kicker
- But Tucker has got a new rise and is guaranteed $17.5m as part of the fresh deal
Justin Tucker made his new contract sound about as routine as one of his clutch kicks.
Tucker and the Baltimore Ravens agreed to a four-year extension worth $24million. The agreement includes $17.5m guaranteed for the star kicker, whose previous deal was through 2023.
‘I joked to (head coach John Harbaugh) one day out at practice,’ Tucker said. ‘We were just kind of just generally talking about the idea. I said, “I think something could get done in like five minutes.” And sure enough, it took about five minutes.’
Justin Tucker has signed a new $24million four-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens
Pittsburgh Steelers’ Chris Boswell did join Tucker as the highest-paid kickers last week, signing a $5m-a-season deal, but Tucker has overtaken him by getting the rise in the fresh deal.
The contract was part of a feel-good Monday for the Ravens, who also welcomed running back J.K. Dobbins back from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
A five-time All-Pro, Tucker has been a game-changer for the Ravens in his 10 years with the team. He’s made a record 91.1 percent of his field goal attempts, and his 1,360 points are the most ever by a player through his first 10 seasons.
Pittsburgh Steelers’ Chris Boswell did join Tucker as the highest-paid kicker last week
‘Justin is beyond what kind of a kicker he is and all of…
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