Steve Palazzolo warned fantasy managers and win-total bettors not to assume Baltimore’s kicking game will stay elite just because the rest of the roster looks Super-Bowl ready. He noted that Justin Tucker was the one kicker who routinely dodged year-to-year variance, but Tucker’s 2024 drop-off (career-worst 84% on field goals and three misses inside 45 yards) showed even he can regress. With Tucker gone, sixth-round rookie Tyler Loop steps into a high-leverage role on a team that plays a lot of one-score games in the AFC North. Palazzolo stressed that Loop offers none of Tucker’s decade-long consistency, and John Harbaugh’s aggressiveness on fourth down only magnifies the risk because the staff will happily bypass shaky field-goal attempts. His advice: fade Loop in season-long formats that still use kickers, avoid him in early-season DFS slates, and recognize that Baltimore’s 11.5-win over might hinge on a position that is suddenly as random for them as it is for everyone else.