Somewhere, you gotta think, Justin Tucker cracked a little smirk when Raven’s kicker Tyler Loop pushed the kick right, ending the Ravens season seconds after they all thought they were headed to the playoffs.

Too soon?

Justin Tucker, suspended for the first 10 games of the season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, was told - yeah no - by the Ravens for this season after 13 nearly flawless on-field campaigns.

Baltimore, most understandably, was ready to move on after investigations revealed that maybe the greatest placekicker of all-time was found to be extremely problematic, with multiple accusations of bad behavior with massage therapists over many years.

As a kicker, Tucker was nails and a Baltimore icon. And you gotta know that had it been years past, trotting him out there for a high-pressure kick was no big thing for the Baltimore faithful. He was gonna hit it - everybody knew it - the kick was a formality. Even the biggest.

I don’t know Tucker, I don’t follow where all that’s at now - but - people being how they are - and a confident guy like Tucker - would almost certainly be amused by his former club being kept out of the playoffs by a missed field goal from the guy they brought in to replace him.

Yep - rookie Tyler Loop - who had a monster year - hitting 28/28 from inside 50 yards, missed the one kick they had to have when they absolutely had to have it. He choked. It happens.

And just like that… the Ravens are out of the playoffs. And Aaron Rodgers is in.

What a time to be alive.