They know they're going to have to cut their longtime kicker but they can't deal with the salary cap damage right now. Whether they can wait until March depends on how much more the story erupts in the next few days.
Without being snarky about it, the Ravens probably have to be asking themselves: "How much worse can it get? We'll just wait another month or so and deal with it then.
A lot of football fans in town are in the "cut him now! Tucker will never kick in Baltimore again. There's just no way the Ravens can wiggle out of this and look their fan base in the eye next September. Once you decide to cut him, the next task is to figure out how Tucker's departure impacts the organization's salary cap in the least best way possible.
I hope the Ravens don't look at this with recency bias and say, "All of the allegations are from through We're confident the Justin Tucker you've seen in our community since is the 'real' Justin Tucker. It's fair to point out, by the way, that those words and that sentiment could be true. Tucker might have been unprofessional around town until he settled down with a new wife, bought a home here, and blah, blah, blah.
The Ravens could try to use that angle if, in fact, they plan on keeping him. If Tucker were the starting quarterback or a high profile wide receiver, though, I could see the Ravens using the "he's been a model citizen since " argument while they explained to their fan base how they're keeping a guy on the roster who has 9 massage therapists accusing him of unprofessional behavior 8 to 12 years ago.
