Tucker is coming off his recent 10-game suspension after violating the league's personal conduct policy following allegations of sexual misconduct by 16 women in multiple massage parlors throughout the Baltimore, Maryland, area. No updates have since been provided on the legal proceedings.
The 35-year-old kicker was released by the Ravens prior to the start of the season, amidst the allegations, and is now free to sign with the Saints, if they want. He will be joined by fellow kicker Cade York, who is also receiving a tryout.
"Just like a lot of players, there's the field component of this thing that you get guys in here to evaluate them," said Saints head coach Kellen Moore. "But also you just want to get to know the people and get to know maybe a circumstance here and there and certainly he had a suspension in the league, he's served that suspension."
"Obviously, there's some information to collect. Obviously, our personnel group will do a really good job collecting all the information and having the conversations ... but this will be a workout, and we'll see how that stuff takes place."
The Saints currently boast one of the worst records in the league at 2-9. Now, they're looking for a new kicker after Blake Grupe missed a pair during Sunday's loss to their division rival Atlanta Falcons.
Tucker is a five-time All-Pro kicker and a member of the Hall of Fame All-2010s Team. He's the Ravens' all-time leading scorer with 1,775 points after spending all 13 years of his career with the team.
The former undrafted kicker out of Texas has a career 89.1% field goal percentage ranks fourth all-time and previously held the record for the longest field goal (66 yards) in NFL history.
That was before current Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little broke it with a 68-yarder earlier this season.
"He's been a really good kicker in this league for a really long time, and he's had a ton of success and he's been a leader for Baltimore for a long time," said Moore. "He's been one of their leaders for an extended period of time with a very successful team and so obviously there's been some stuff that's been unfortunate. He's gone through an experience, and I think it's about collecting what that experience was, and we'll evaluate the football aspect of it and we'll evaluate everything else as well."
The Saints are set to face the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, November 30th.