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BALTIMORE (AP) — Justin Tucker has won a dozen games for the Baltimore Ravens with his incredibly accurate right foot.This one will be remembered as the one he lost.Tucker missed the first conversion of his career after the Baltimore Ravens scored the potential tying touchdown with 24 seconds left Marcus Davenport Jersey White , enabling Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints to escape with a 24-23 victory Sunday.Brees threw two touchdown passes, locked up two more milestones and engineered a fourth-quarter comeback that helped the Saints (5-1) wipe out a 10-point deficit.It was 24-17 before Baltimore’s Joe Flacco directed a beat-the-clock drive covering 81 yards and ending with a 14-yard touchdown pass to John Brown.That seemingly set up overtime, given that Tucker is the most accurate kicker in NFL history in terms of field goal percentage. Not only that, but he was 222 for 222 on conversions since breaking into the league in 2012, and was the only NFL kicker without a miss (112 for 112) since the placement of the ball was moved back in 2015.This attempt, however, went wide right — the deciding moment in a matchup between the NFL’s highest-scoring offense and top-ranked defense.“I can’t tell you exactly what happened,” Tucker said, “but at the end of the day I feel like I cost us the game.”When the ball sailed right, Tucker looked incredulously at the goalposts , eyes wide and mouth agape.“I thought I hit it well,” he said. “The ball didn’t go through and that’s all it needs to do to keep the game going.”The Saints were relieved to escape with their fifth straight victory.“You’re talking about one of the top kickers Womens Marcus Davenport Jersey ,” coach Sean Payton said. “I’m sure we’ll watch the tape tomorrow and think it shouldn’t have come down to a missed extra point.”Brees brought the Saints back against a unit that allowed only 12 second-half points all season. The 39-year-old quarterback threw a 5-yard TD pass to Michael Thomas with 4:58 remaining to put New Orleans ahead 21-17, and the Saints tacked on a field goal just before the two-minute warning.Earlier, Brees threw his 500th career touchdown pass, connecting with tight end Benjamin Watson for a 1-yard score to put New Orleans up 7-3 late in the second quarter.The NFL leader in career passing yardage, Brees joined Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Brett Favre as the only quarterbacks in league history with 500 TD passes.“It’s a significant benchmark, yet you’re in the middle of the game and you’re not really paying attention to it,” Payton said. “I think more importantly, it’s the final team he needed to beat.”Indeed, Brees defeated the Ravens for the first time. Previously 0-4 against Baltimore, Brees is one of three quarterbacks — along with Favre and Manning — to beat every team in the league.“You only get to play these guys once every four years, and not to put the pressure on it each and every time Tre'Quan Smith Jersey White , but every time we play these guys, it’s been a battle,” Brees said. “They’ve had some pretty great defenses over those years.”Brees went 22 for 30 for 212 yards. Facing a defense that made 11 sacks one week earlier in Tennessee, Brees escaped the tenacious Baltimore rush with the exception of a fourth-quarter sack by Terrell Suggs.Flacco completed 23 of 39 passes for 279 yards for the Ravens (4-3), including a 56-yarder to Brown that set up a 1-yard touchdown run by rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson for a 10-7 halftime lead.An 8-yard pass from Flacco to rookie tight end Mark Andrews put the Ravens ahead 17-7 with 3:30 left in the third quarter.ALL FOR NOTHINGAfter converting three fourth-down plays during the opening series — including a successful fake punt — New Orleans misfired on its fourth attempt of the drive.New Orleans held the ball for 20 plays and 9 minutes, 58 seconds. But the Saints came away empty when backup quarterback Taysom Hill fumbled on fourth down from the Baltimore 4.It was the longest drive to result in no points since the Browns went 9:59 against the Jets in the first week of the 2015 season.Coming into the game, Baltimore’s opponents were 0 for 4 on fourth down.INJURIESSaints: Guard Josh LeRibeus left with an ankle injury in the second quarter.Ravens: OL Bradley Bozeman left in the second quarter with a left calf injury, returned to action and left again in the fourth quarter. … CB Marlon Humphrey (thigh), OL Alex Lewis (neck), OL James Hurst (back) were on the inactive list.UP NEXTSaints: A Sunday night game in Minnesota is next for New Orleans, continuing a stretch of three road games in four weeks.Ravens: Baltimore faces Carolina next Sunday, its fourth road game in five weeks. METAIRIE Womens Alvin Kamara Jersey , La. (AP) — Saints punter Thomas Morstead is having a tougher time taking the high road after a second consecutive season ended in stunned disappointment — this time because of officiating, rather than an opponent’s late-game heroics.Morstead drew headlines for his sportsmanship — not to mention an outpouring of financial support for his charitable endeavors — by volunteering to return to the field from the visitor’s locker room in Minnesota for a required extra point try after the Vikings had ended the Saints’ 2017-18 playoff run with a long, improbable touchdown as time expired.“Last year we felt like we got beat; they made a play and we didn’t stop them,” Morstead said. “As tough as that was, I think as a player you can handle that. This just feels a little dirty.”Saints players spent Monday struggling to stomach the fact that they were conducting exit interviews and cleaning out their lockers when they thought they should be preparing to play in the Super Bowl.They remained incredulous over two officials’ reluctance to throw a flag when Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman delivered an improperly early and high hit on intended receiver Tommylee Lewis that could have been penalized for pass interference or helmet-to-helmet contact. A penalty would have allowed the Saints to mostly run out the clock before trying a go-ahead field goal.Instead, the Saints took a three-point lead with 1:41 left, and the Rams came back to tie it at the end of regulation and win, 26-23, in overtime.Acceptance wasn’t coming easy.Even Saints owner Gayle Benson released a statement on pledging to “aggressively pursue changes” in NFL policies to promote more “fairness and integrity” on the field.“No team should ever be denied the opportunity to reach the title game (or simply win a game) based on the actions, or inactions, of those charged with creating a fair and equitable playing field,” Benson’s statement read. “As is clear to all who watched the game Michael Thomas Saints Jersey , it is undeniable that our team and fans were unfairly deprived of that opportunity.”Decisive personnel decisions and aggressive play-calling were among the signs that the Saints were all-in to win the Super Bowl this season.They traded for Teddy Bridgewater late in the preseason in an effort to ensure quarterback Drew Brees‘ backup would have the combination of experience and talent they felt necessary to preserve championship aspirations in the event Brees was injured.The move also provided more flexibility to employ versatile third-string QB Taysom Hill in a variety of roles on offense and special teams. They played to win and win big, regularly keeping the offense on the field on fourth down and executing several fake punts. They were bent on winning the No. 1 seed, viewing two home games in the deafening din of the Superdome as the surest route to this season’s Super Bowl in Atlanta.Saints players also professed that the chemistry they achieved in their locker room was rare.“That’s the hardest thing about this season” ending,” said linebacker Craig Robertson, whose contract is up. “I’ve never been so close with so many guys on a team in my life.”Now they’ll have to start over, and that means at least a few roster moves. Free agents include running back Mark Ingram, who has said he does not want to leave but has a professional obligation to keep his options open.Defensive end Alex Okafor could opt out, which might be in his interest given that he was sharing snaps this season with first-round draft choice Marcus Davenport.Defensive tackle Tyeler Davison, defensive back P.J. Williams and Bridgewater also are among those due to be unrestricted free agents, while tight end Ben Watson is retiring.The 40-yeear-old Brees is under contract for one more season and sounded confident after Sunday’s game that he’d be back.Before the team went its separate ways, the shared message seemed to be that after they’ve taken some time to rest and decompress, they have to summon the determination to return with the same optimism Marcus Davenport Jersey , desire and determination as they did after losing in heartbreaking fashion in Minnesota the season before.“That’s the tough part about this game, is kind of the emotional investment for guys to physically lay it on the line every week and when it’s over, it’s kind of like getting broken up with somebody that you love,” Morstead said. “Some people are kind of never able to love the same again after that. It’s hard to come back and put your heart and soul into it just as hard as you did the last time.“That’s why it’s so important to have the right guys in the locker room, because when you have the right guys, they’re kind of able to be vulnerable and accept it, take it, take it on the chin and find a way to come back the next year and emotionally invest 100 percent again,” Morstead added. “So, hopefully we can do that.”