Welcome back to Loose Feathers, a regular round-up of the latest news and analysis about the Baltimore Ravens. In today’s edition, we cover a career-first for Tyler Loop, a potential overreaction to his game-winning kick in Brazil, and Derrick Henry’s thoughts on playing his former team in Week 4.
Tyler Loop wins first award of NFL career
Long. Live. Loop.
The Ravens’ second-year kicker was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after his last-second game-winning field goal in Brazil to lift Baltimore over the Dallas Cowboys. Loop
faced pressure this offseason after his season-ending miss against the Steelers in January, and his struggles in the preseason inspired the team to bring in some competition at the end of training camp. But the 2025 sixth-round pick hit all seven of his kicks in Week 1 including a career-long 57-yard field goal, quieting any talk of a benching.
Sunday’s kick will likely lock Loop in for the foreseeable future. His fateful miss in Pittsburgh made it easy to overlook a solid rookie campaign that featured a 30-for-34 mark on field goals and 44 of 46 successful field goals. Despite talk of a big leg coming out of Arizona, he only went one-for-four from 50 yards or longer in 2025, but he has made both such attempts this year.
Tyler Loop Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week – Quentin Corpuel (BaltimoreRavens.com)
Ravens kicker Tyler Loop became an international sensation on Sunday. Now, he has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after a clutch performance against the Dallas Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro.
After Lamar Jackson connected with Zay Flowers on a 27-yard gain that left one second on the clock in regulation, Loop drilled a game-winning 56-yard field goal to clinch a 34-31 win and celebrated with Christiano Ronaldo’s “SIUUU.”
It was a career-long kick for Loop and his first game winner. It was also the Ravens’ first game-winning field goal in regulation since Justin Tucker made a 43-yarder at the buzzer against the Cincinnati Bengals in October 2022.
Brock Bowers, Talanoa Hufanga & Tyler Loop Named Week 3 AFC Players of the Week – NFL Commmunications
Loop converted both of his field goal attempts (27, 56) and all four of his point after attempts in the Ravens’ 34-31 win over Dallas. Loop’s 56-yard field goal came as time expired, giving Baltimore the win in the first-ever regular-season game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This is Loop’s first-career Player of the Week award. He becomes the third Ravens kicker to earn the honor, joining Justin Tucker (12-time winner) and Matt Stover (six), and the first since 2021.
Loop becomes the second former Arizona kicker to win a Special Teams Player of the Week award, joining Nick Folk (10-time winner).
Are the Ravens over their late-game woes?
NFL Week 3 overreactions: Pats officially have a Drake Maye problem, Ravens can finally win big games again – Zachary Pereles (CBS Sports)
Lamar Jackson, Tyler Loop delivered the Ravens their biggest regular-season win in recent memory
Lamar Jackson, Tyler Loop delivered the Ravens their biggest regular-season win in recent memory
Overreaction or reality: Reality
Over the past five years, the Ravens have blown 10 double-digit, second-half leads. It’s the most in the NFL by far. And it sure looked like No. 11 was on the way…
One week after melting down against the Saints, Jackson simply said: “Not again.” He threw for 186 yards (on just 20 attempts) and two scores. He ran for another 50 yards. When the Ravens needed it most, he delivered, again and again.
The Ravens have had statement wins. They’ve had blowout wins. But this is more important than any of them: a demon-exorcising win. It won’t be soon forgotten.
Derrick Henry prepares for first career game against former Team
Ravens’ Henry: ‘Always love’ for Titans, but not much this Sunday – Jamison Hensley (ESPN)
“It’s going to be a crazy moment to be playing against the team that I came in the league playing for,” Henry said. “But I ain’t trying to make too much of it, though.
Henry joined the Ravens in March 2024, signing a two-year, $16 million contract. Before Henry reached an agreement with Baltimore, the Titans had signed running back Tony Pollard to a three-year, $21.75 million deal.
On Wednesday, Henry said Tennessee made no attempt to keep him in free agency.
“They shipped me out,” Henry initially said, before adding, “I don’t want to say it like that. It’s always love.”
How did it make Henry feel to not receive an offer from the Titans?
“It was bittersweet,” Henry said. “I think I knew the writing was on the wall throughout that season and they were ready to move on. Good things don’t last forever. So it was time for me to find a new home and I knew what that home I wanted it to be and it was here.”
