By: Jake Rajala

The Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, also known as the antichrist in Detroit, signed a four-year contract extension today worth $24 million dollars (with $17.5 million dollars guaranteed) that made him the highest-paid K in the league. Tucker is coming off a career-best 94.6% – which led him to also garner first-team All-Pro honors (for the fifth time in his career). The Ravens K has been a freak of nature in his 10-year career – w/ a career FG% of 91.1%.

Of course, I will not forget to highlight Tucker’s unearthly 66-yard FG conversation (which is an NFL record) against none other than the Detroit Lions in 2021.

With that enunciated, there is a mighty, exciting question regarding the Ravens kicker: is Tucker a future Hall of Famer? Well, it’s certainly rare for a kicker to make it into the HOF. There are only two primary kickers in the HOF, but I surely expect Adam Vinatieri to be the third kicking face in Canton. Tucker might not have near the same longevity as the former Patriots kicker, but he has accomplished quite a bit in his 10-year career thus far.

Besides having the record for the longest FG, Tucker is already the most accurate kicker ever to play the game. Furthermore, he also has a pivotal Super Bowl ring (which came in Super Bowl XLVII).

Tucker is already regarded as the best kicker of all time by sources like Sports Naut, Fan Buzz, and countless others. If Tucker isn’t the GOAT kicker, he’s unequivocally the second-best kicker of all time (right behind Vinatieri). So, I absolutely believe Tucker is a future HOF-kicker. The scariest part is that Tucker still has many years left to unleash hell against opponents.

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By: Jake Rajala

The Green Bay Packers selected a gifted kicker out of Colorado named Mason Crosby in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. It would be an understatement to say Crosby hit the ground running in his rookie season, as he made 31 field goals out of a career-high 39 field goal attempts. The former 6th-round pick has enjoyed an utterly successful journey with the Pack since the end of his rookie season. With that said, there is a pivotal question that many NFL fans and Packers fans have: is Crosby headed to the HOF?

It should be noted that it is incredibly difficult for any kicker to enter football heaven. There are only four kickers in Canton (and two of the kickers in the HOF played two positions). Although, there are bound to be recently retired kickers that will also make it into the HOF. The Colts/Patriots legend Adam Vinatieri is certainly HOF-bound and Al Davis’s crush Sebastian Janikowski should follow Vinatieri into Canton at a further point.

I still believe Crosby is teetering slightly above the threshold of HOF territory – at 37 years old. He does have rare career production, a Super Bowl ring, and he also holds a post-season record for the most consecutive field goals completed. He even compares well to the former Raiders player that was seen as a questionable first-round pick.

Seabass has 436 field goals converted, while Crosby has made 370 made. Outside of Crosby likely playing a few more seasons, the Packers kicker notably has a stronger career FG% than Seabass. Most importantly, Crosby has much better post-season success than Janikowski. Crosby should be headed to the HOF, but his conversation for the first ballot will improve if he wins more Super Bowl rings.

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