Ravens kicker Justin Tucker had everyone at a loss for words Sunday after his record-setting 66-yard field goal lifted Baltimore to a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions as time expired.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, well, is among those baffled.
“I’m like ‘Woooh,’ ” Jackson said during a postgame press conference. “When it hit the upright I’m like, when it’s spinning forward, I see the equipment guy, little Jordan,’ Jordan ‘Ahhh.’ And I’m like ‘Oh yeah, we got um. We got um. We got the dub, man.’
“For him to break the record and have the longest field goal kick in history, that’s amazing for him,” Jackson added. “That’s amazing.”
Tucker’s kick, as Jackson noted, hit off the crossbar and carried between the uprights. The previous NFL record was held by Matt Prater, a 64-yard kick, back in 2013.
Teammate Anthony Levine referred to Tucker as “Legatron” while Marlon Humphrey said the play was “super exciting.”
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was thrilled for the 31-year-old Tucker, too.
“At that point in time, with Justin Tucker, which is that’s the thing, he’s the best kicker in history,” Harbaugh said, per the team. “And when you have a kicker like that you want to give him the opportunity like that. And for him to come through like that is just historic.
“Someone came up to me on the sideline and they said ‘I’ve never seen anything like that before!’ And it came to me right away, because no one has ever done anything like that before.”
With Tucker’s leg to thank for it, the Ravens improved to 2-1 while the Lions fell to 0-3.
