{"id":849577,"date":"2026-04-02T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849577\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:26:17","slug":"ravens-young-talent-gets-major-vote-of-confidence-but-a-key-question-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/849577\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens&#8217; young talent gets major vote of confidence (but a key question remains)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5f\">The NFL held its annual league meeting this past week, and for the Baltimore Ravens, we got a little insight into the mind of new head coach Jesse Minter entering the 2026 season. To be honest, it wasn\u2019t much, but fans did learn about which players could have big things ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">One of the players that Minter gave a vote of confidence in was Tyler Loop. Loop <a href=\"https:\/\/ebonybird.com\/baltimore-ravens-draft-pick-has-fans-questioning-everything-after-only-one-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been facing a ton of heat<\/a> ever since his missed game-winning field goal in Week 18, which sent Baltimore packing their bags to head home rather than to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">Still, Minter has his back. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bobbybaltim0re\/status\/2039003515331158470?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">emphasized that the team currently has a great deal of faith in Loop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">\u201cI got a lot of confidence in Loop,\u201d Minter said. \u201cHe&#8217;s having a great offseason. He&#8217;s spending a lot of time trying to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">However, Minter left the door open for signing or drafting competition for him this offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">\u201cTruthfully, we&#8217;ll see how it goes,\u201d he added. \u201cYou could certainly add another guy there to have another guy in training camp. But again, have a lot of confidence in him going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Ravens\u2019 kicker job remains Tyler Loop\u2019s to lose<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">It\u2019d be somewhat of a shock if the Ravens didn\u2019t have Loop kicking for them in Week 1 of the 2026 regular season. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/ebonybird.com\/baltimore-ravens-bet-big-on-sixth-round-rookie-to-replace-all-time-leading-scorer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drafted in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft<\/a>, and despite a new coaching staff being brought in, it\u2019d be rather early to give up on the young kicker. And he did flash at times throughout the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">Loop converted on 30 of his 34 kicks in his rookie year. He was consistent within 50 yards, missing just one from that range out of 30 attempts. The issue is that one kick was the missed field goal in Week 18. His issues from 50-plus were also extremely worrisome.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">The Arizona product made just one of four attempts from outside 50 yards. That make came from 52 yards, the misses, though, came from 55 and twice from 56. More than anything, his troubles on kickoffs were the worst. He led the league in kickoff penalties.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">Those issues are likely what will keep the door for the kicking job at least slightly cracked. The Ravens brought in undrafted rookie John Hoyland to compete with Loop last year, and while <a href=\"https:\/\/ebonybird.com\/baltimore-ravens-latest-roster-move-hints-at-life-after-justin-tucker-but-jobs-not-secure-yet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he was cut rather quickly<\/a>, an inconsistent rookie year won\u2019t give Loop a ton of comfort heading into year two.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">Regardless, it\u2019s Loop\u2019s job to lose, but he\u2019ll have to earn the coaching staff\u2019s trust with a strong lead-up to the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL held its annual league meeting this past week, and for the Baltimore Ravens, we got a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,6,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-849577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116336052499464656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}