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AS THE HEARTFELT speeches, boisterous laughter and other sounds of victory were dying down in the Baltimore Ravens locker room, kicker Justin Tucker stood by his stall in sweats and a knit cap earnestly trying to explain the inexplicable.
The Ravens had just clinched a playoff berth by beating their division nemesis, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Tucker defied a cold, stiff wind and an uncharacteristic spell of inconsistency to make two field goals -- including a 51-yarder -- to help propel the Ravens to a 34-17 late-December triumph.