Coming out of the bye, the 8-5 Ravens are two games behind the Steelers in the AFC North race. Baltimore sits in the No. 5 seed, ahead of the 8-5 Chargers and 8-5 Broncos in the AFC wild-card pecking order.

After taking seven points off the board for the Baltimore Ravens in Week 13, leaving fans demanding answers, if not his job, for a series of rough efforts, Justin Tucker got a week to rest, relax, and hopefully recapture his former All-Pro form ahead of a serious playoff push in the AFC North.

Justin Tucker has been surprisingly unreliable for the Baltimore Ravens this season, but the bye week may have come at a perfect time for the veteran kicker.

If there's any trend the Baltimore Ravens want to change coming out of their bye week, it's the declining play of star kicker Justin Tucker. Formerly the most accurate kicker in NFL history, Tucker has already missed a career-high 10 kicks this season,

The Baltimore Ravens are keeping kicker Justin Tucker for the rest of the season. Even though he has struggled this year, they're not moving on from a franchise icon when they're in the thick of the playoff race.