Before Baltimore cut ties with Justin Tucker early this month, coach John Harbaugh said whatever the Ravens decided to do would be a football decision. That doesn't mean it was simple. Harbaugh was available to local reporters Wednesday for the first time since the Ravens announced May 5 they were releasing Tucker.

For the first time since the Baltimore Ravens released Justin Tucker, head coach John Harbaugh addressed the decision that came down earlier this month.

John Harbaugh called the move to release embroiled kicker Justin Tucker a “complex decision-making process,” but echoed the refrain from Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta that it was “a football decision.”