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Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker is the game's biggest special-teams advantage, and he proved it again on Sunday night with a 43-yard game-winning ...

- He is the only kicker since 2000 to be perfect on field goals in the final minute of the fourth quarter or OT (minimum 15-plus such attempts). With the game tied, 10-10, at the time, a miss from that distance would have given the Bengals the ball at midfield. Using Next Gen Stats ball-tracking data, Tucker's game-winning field goal went through 5.4 inches off of the exact center of the uprights, meaning if the uprights were half a yard wide, the kick would have still been good, per NFL Research. [Joe Burrow](https://www.nfl.com/players/joe-burrow/)'s goal-line sneak gave the Bengals a one-point lead with just under two minutes remaining, it almost felt like a fait accompli that the game would come down to Tucker's foot. He also bashed a 58-yarder in the third quarter. "This was a big team win that we needed to have, division opponent.

Let's start calling the Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker what he is: the greatest NFL kicker who ever lived.

"Not to ask for results," Tucker said. Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson methodically drove his team down the field, toeing the line between draining clock and moving close enough for a Tucker attempt. The choice to send Tucker out for that kick, coach John Harbaugh said, was tougher than it would seem, even for a kicker of Tucker's caliber. "That was not an easy choice," Harbaugh said. With 10:49 to go in the third quarter, the Texas Longhorns product delivered a highlight-reel, 58-yard missile that effortlessly sailed through the clear, windless night for three more points. He now has 52 career field goals from 50 yards or beyond, tying Jason Hanson for third most in NFL history behind Matt Prater (66) and Sebastian Janikowski (58). The ease with which he kicks, however, is the true hallmark of his greatness. The heroics were just starting, though. – consecutive field goals in the fourth quarter or overtime, the Baltimore Ravens kicker pounded his knuckles into the mahogany podium he leaned against. "Man," Tucker said not long after his 43-yard field goal as time expired lifted his team over the Cincinnati Bengals, 19-17, on Sunday Night Football. Must the greatest kicker who ever lived – let's start calling him what he is – need superstition on his side? "He is human.

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With the Ravens leading 13-10 with just under 10 minutes remaining, they had a fourth-and-1 on the Bengals' 3-yard line. The Ravens initially lined up to go ...

Still, there was good reason to believe this might be a high-scoring affair considering the firepower the Bengals have on offense and the fact that Baltimore’s defense entered the game ranked last in the league. This often-maligned group turned in a strong effort against one of the best receiving groups in the NFL. It was mostly screens and check-downs to the running backs that hurt Baltimore in the second half. It was Tucker’s fourth make in as many tries on a night in which the Ravens avoided squandering a double-digit lead for the third time this year. That can’t always happen and it didn’t in this one, but this time around the Ravens were able to lean on defense and special teams to prevail. It was also a night in which Baltimore’s defense should be lauded; lauded for a huge goal-line stand in the third quarter and holding the Bengals to 17 points and 291 yards on nine possessions. Right tackle Morgan Moses had a strong game, especially in the first half. In an old-fashioned AFC North donnybrook, the Ravens emerged Sunday night with a win and in first place thanks to some tenacious defense and the best kicker in the NFL world. Stanley ran well when he played, and the Ravens’ pass blocking held up for most of the game as the Bengals recorded only one sack. No one should go that far, but it was huge that the Ravens didn’t fold this time. “We knew that all we had to do was move the ball a little bit and he was going to have our back with the kick. However, it was a bluff as Baltimore was trying to get the Bengals to jump offside.

The Ravens are expecting safety Marcus Williams to miss a "significant amount of time" with a dislocated wrist he suffered in Week 5 against the Bengals.

"We rotated some of our coverage in his way and stuff like that, and we had a couple double teams, but really for the most part, you can’t overdo it because they have a lot of good receivers out there. "So, we played well across the board; we covered him singled up numerous times. "So, we’ll know more tomorrow and through the week.”