Listen: Ravens radio call of Justin Tucker’s 66-yard FG is incredible
The Baltimore Ravens stunned the Detroit Lions at the death when Justin Tucker nailed a 66-yard field goal that hit the crossbar and bounced in.
Justin Tucker has ice in his veins and a rocket launcher for a leg.
The Ravens kicker made NFL history and boosted his team over the Lions with a 66-yard field goal that couldn’t have been more dramatic.
The football hit the crossbar and bounced up and in to break hearts in Detroit.
Ravens radio call of Justin Tucker 66 yard field goal is amazing
Tucker hit the longest field goal in NFL history, but the Ravens radio call is almost as incredible. Having a moment like Tucker had is stunning on its own, but the context of it and the extra texture of the radio call just makes it so much cooler.
Justin Tucker 66 yard field goal is the longest field goal in NFL history
It would have been enough for Tucker to win the game like a basketball player whose shot bounces along the rim before falling in. That kick was memorable for that alone.
But it’s also one for the record books. Tucker broke the record for the longest field goal in league history.
The kick also improve Tucker’s record to 16-for-16 on kicks in the final minute of regulation, per Jamison Hensley of ESPN.
What was the longest field goal in history before the 66 yard field goal?
Before Tucker hit his miracle in the Motor City, the longest kick in NFL history belonged to Matt Prater. Kicking for the Denver Broncos at the time, Prater hit a 64-yard field goal in the high altitude of Denver back in 2013.