Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images
The Ravens have had to deal with the fallout of injured players at multiple key positions this season, including the loss of kicker Tyler Loop, who will be out of commission for a few weeks. Jake Moody was brought in to replace him, but Baltimore will be forced to find another guy to fill in after the Falcons pulled a shrewd move while taking advantage of an unforced error.
Every NFL team has to grapple with injuries over the course of a season, and that has certainly been the case with the Ravens this year.
Jesse Minter headed into his first season as the team’s head coach hoping to take advantage of Lamar Jackson’s talents at quarterback, but the two-time MVP was limited to just five games before being sidelined with a potentially season-ending thumb injury at the end of October.
Tyler Huntley ended up joining him on injured reserve due to turf toe that brought his year to a premature end, and they can only hope Jacony Brisset isn’t bitten by the injury bug after they acquired him from the Cardinals in the hopes of salvaging a fairly dire situation.
Tyler Loop, the only placekicker on the roster, was also placed on IR last week due to a groin injury, and Jake Moody was brought in to fill that void ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Jaguars.
It seemed safe to assume they’d stick with him after he made both of the kicks he attempted in his team’s 33-10 defeat (an extra point and a 53-yard field goal), but that won’t be the case after the Falcons swooped in to poach him due to an avoidable oversight.
The Ravens need a new kicker because they left Jake Moody on the practice squad instead of adding him to their roster
The 26-year-old Moody has spent time with four different teams during his first four seasons in the NFL, and he’d bounced on and off the Ravens’ practice squad in 2026 before he was added to their 53-man roster ahead of the loss to Jacksonville.
However, he was sent back to the practice squad on Friday to presumably give the team some flexibility in regard to the roster spot that became free after he was demoted.
There’s nothing that suggests Baltimore wasn’t planning to reactivate him for their Monday Night Football showdown with the Chargers on November 16th, but they won’t have the chance to do that after the Falcons claimed Moody on Tuesday after they cut Nick Folk.
The #Falcons taking Jake Moody from the #Ravens leaves Baltimore without a kicker since Tyler Loop is on IR.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) November 10, 2026
Under NFL rules, any team can sign a player who is listed on the practice squad of another franchise, and it sure seems like the Ravens shot themselves in the foot by failing to protect Moody.
They do have some time to find a replacement and can take some solace in knowing their next game is against the only NFL team that hasn’t posted a win this season (San Diego is sitting at 0-8), but this seems like it could have been avoided.