The Kansas City Chiefs signed Justin Tucker to their practice squad on Wednesday, giving the five-time All-Pro kicker a second chance in the NFL after serving a 10-game suspension last year for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Tucker spent 13 seasons with the Ravens, earning a reputation as one of the league's best kickers, before his tenure in Baltimore ended in controversy. The Baltimore Banner reported in 2025 that he had been accused of sexual misconduct by 16 massage therapists at high-end spas, accusations that Tucker called "unequivocally false" and "tabloid fodder." The Ravens released him that May and while Tucker was never criminally charged or sued in civil court, the NFL suspended him for the first 10 games of the 2025 season, which Tucker served as a free agent; he became eligible for reinstatement last November.
"He's done his suspension, you know? Took care of that business," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Wednesday, "And I'll leave it at that". Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has struggled mightily the past two seasons, missing a pair of kicks in Sunday's loss in Seattle, and the signing of Tucker provides some competition for him even though Reid said Butker would kick on Sunday November 1 in Denver.
The Chiefs also worked out Ben Sauls and Harrison Mevis before giving Tucker the open spot on their practice squad. "Listen, Harrison, we love. I've told you that before.
He's one of my favourite guys," Reid said. "Sometimes things don't go quite the way you want, and you work on that. "He understands the business and how it works.
We had a practice squad position open. He knows that's part of the business. He's struggling a little bit and he gets it." Butker has missed 10 field-goal attempts and five PATs since the start of last season, the most in the league, and they've come at quite a cost.
He's the third-highest paid kicker in the league, carrying the sixth-highest base salary on the Kansas City roster. Tucker, who turns 37 next month, had not been much better before he was released by Baltimore. He missed 10 kicks during the 2024 season, by far the most during a career that has included seven Pro Bowl selections.
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