The air was still, the atmosphere flat.
As the Ravens went through their paces during a hot, humid early-August public stadium practice -- a show for the fans who can't access the team's practice facility for training camp workouts -- the tedium sometimes accompanying the various drills didn't exactly have the joints jumping.
In other words, it was a perfect time for fifth-year kicker Justin Tucker to inject himself into the proceedings.
Tucker stood at the 15-yard line and placed a football on a tee. His teammates gradually backed out of the way and a murmur began to rise through the crowd.
