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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 Youth DeMario Davis Jersey , 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," 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 DeMario Davis Jersey Stitched , 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, 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.How important is the tight end position to the Saints? Last month, the Saints made a decision to remove Coby Fleener from their roster as a post-June 1 cut. The move happened after two disappointing seasons in the Big Easy, leaving much to be desired at the tight end position. During his tenure in New Orleans, Fleener produced 72 receptions for 926 yards and 5 touchdowns. Overall, Fleener’s production has been rather consistent over his entire career.Coby Fleener’s Career StatsYearTmGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDLngR/GY/GCtch%FmbYearTmGGSTgtRecYdsY/RTDLngR/GY/GCtch%FmbCoby Fleener’s Career StatsGaren ArmbrusterIt was rumored that Fleener was adjusting to a learning curve for the Saints offense, so Saints fans believed that the Stanford product was set to explode into his role as the Saints starting tight end. Unfortunately, this was not the case. In 2018 Youth DeMario Davis Jersey , Fleener suffered the fifth documented concussion of his career, which ultimately placed him on the injured reserve list for the remainder of the season.On May 7th, the Saints released Coby Fleener, stating he was unable to pass a physical.Since the decision to cut Fleener, the Saints signed former tight end Benjamin Watson, who will most likely split duties with current Saints tight end Josh Hill. With the loss of a once promising Fleener, will the Saints have enough fire power at the position to be successful, or do they even need the position to be successful at all? If the offense follows the same trend it has over the last few years, then the Saints will have no problems moving forward.Saints Offensive Production Per Position Group (2013-2017)Garen ArmbrusterThis chart shows the amount of touches (rush) and targets (pass) each position group has had year by year. With Jimmy Graham no longer on the roster after 2014, production at the tight end position has steadily and strongly decreased; meanwhile, production at wide receiver and running back have seen increases over time. The most important thing in this chart is that the Saints offensive yards per game on average has increased over the 2013-2017 seasons.During the 2013-2017 seasons, the Saints ranked as high as the number one offense in the league and no lower than fourth. The lack of involvement at the tight end position has yet to hurt the Saints, and it shows no signs of slowing down with emerging offensive players on the team such as Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, and Michael Thomas.In the end, we have seen some incredible play at tight end over Sean Payton’s tenure as head coach of the Saints. Payton, with his elite offensive mind, continues to show that any position can be just as important as another within his system. The future is bright in NOLA, and things are just heating up.