{"id":945667,"date":"2026-10-29T22:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945667\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T22:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:40:34","slug":"nfl-news-2026-kansas-city-chiefs-coach-andy-reid-defends-justin-tucker-signing-accusations-of-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945667\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news 2026 | Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid defends Justin Tucker signing; accusations of sexual misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> coach Andy Reid has defended the signing of Justin Tucker, insisting the team did their \u201chomework\u201d on the troubled star.<\/p>\n

Tucker is one of the most accurate kickers to ever play the game, but his career was clouded last year after he was accused of sexual misconduct by six massage therapists<\/a> in the Baltimore region.<\/p>\n

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Justin Tucker went unsigned last season.\u00a0AP Photo\/Kyusung Gong<\/p>\n

The Super Bowl champion was accused of exposing his genitals and brushing women with his penis. He denied the allegations and never faced criminal charges. <\/p>\n

The allegations were investigated by the NFL<\/a>, who then hit Tucker with a 10-game ban for violating the league\u2019s personal conduct policy. <\/p>\n

Tucker was then released by the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> due to his declining form. A year on, Tucker is back training in the NFL, joining the Chiefs\u2019 practice squad. <\/p>\n

Reid was quizzed by reporters about Tucker\u2019s signing, with some raising concerns about what message the deal sends to the club\u2019s large fan base.<\/p>\n

The three-time Super Bowl winning coach was quick to reply: \u201cHe\u2019s done his suspension, taking care of that business there. I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reid was then asked if the club\u2019s ownership group had any say in the decision. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to do our homework the best way we possibly can and talk to a lot of people, make sure things are OK,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to get into all that. To bring him here, I did some homework. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s here and he\u2019s on the practice squad, so we roll with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tucker will be available for immediate selection if need be, with Reid on the hunt for more competition for the kicking position this season. Harrison Butker, the current preferred starting kicker, has delivered a rocky run of performances so far, missing five of his 16 field goal attempts in his six appearances.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs are scheduled to face the Denver Broncos on November 2 (AEDT). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid has defended the signing of Justin Tucker, insisting the team did their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-945667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}