Tyler Loop is no longer the lone kicker on the Baltimore Ravens’ roster. As teams worked feverishly to add to their practice squads on Monday, the Ravens brought in a fresh face and a new competitor for Loop in Jake Moody.
As a result, Loop faces a new reality: he’s not guaranteed to be the kicker for the entire season. His inability to hit from range plagued him in his rookie campaign and is once again cracking his armor this year. You could say the clock on his Baltimore career is starting to tick.
Luckily for Loop, it sounds like he’ll be the starting kicker…at least for Week 1. Head coach Jesse Minter said he still believes in Loop and expects him to be the guy in the season opener.
“I have a lot of confidence in Tyler still,” Minter said. “He’s had a great training camp. I expect him to be our kicker going into Indianapolis. But I think you’re always trying to have every scenario covered, and that’s what we’re trying to do as a team.”
Clearly, there’s still faith in Loop. But the confidence doesn’t seem as high as it used to be. It's fading.
Baltimore Ravens’ confidence in Tyler Loop remains (but it might be draining)
The kicking gig is still Tyler Loop’s to run with. It’s highly unlikely that the Ravens would pivot less than two weeks ahead of their Week 1 matchup with the Indianapolis Colts. It gets even more likely that Loop will be kicking when you compare him to Jake Moody.
Moody has his own issues to figure out—his college dominance hasn’t translated to the pros whatsoever. He’s gone from an All-American at Michigan to an NFL kicker who hasn’t been able to hit even 80% of his field goal tries. Through three seasons, he’s been a big draft bust.
Moody has shown progress, though. After being waived by the San Francisco 49ers following a horrendous 2025 season debut, the 2023 third-round pick spent time with the Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders. Across those stints, he went 18-for-20, including 2-for-2 from 50-plus.
So while the intensity isn’t turned up to the highest level yet, it’s creeping up on Loop. Sure, his training camp has been extraordinary, but his preseason was extremely rough. If he can’t figure it out when it's game time, things could quickly get bad for Loop.
As much as fans don’t want to hear it, though, there’s potential there with Loop. While he’s admittedly headed in a career-threatening direction, he was pretty much money from inside 50 yards in the 2025 regular season. And he has the leg to convert from that range. If he can turn around his woes there, he could develop into an average-to-above-average kicker.
Still, that's a big if.
Whenever he has to sweep the leg from distance in game action, the ball veers off wide. He went 1-for-4 from that 50-plus last year. Loop must fix that if he wants to hang onto the kicking job.
Ultimately, Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts will be the true test of Loop’s abilities. If he fumbles the opportunity, he may quickly find himself in deep trouble.
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