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After Week 8, the Baltimore Ravens got a lot of bad news. Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley suffered season-ending injuries, leaving the Ravens without their QB1 or QB2 for the remainder of the season.
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To make matters even worse, Tyler Loop also got hurt, making it so the Ravens needed to find a new kicker. They wound up going with Jake Moody, who actually made a 53-yard field goal for Baltimore on Thursday Night Football.
It seemed like they had a new kicker. But according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Ravens will need to find another new kicker. The Atlanta Falcons have reportedly stolen Moody off the Ravens’ practice squad, leaving Baltimore without a kicker once again.
Ravens have Jake Moody stolen by Falcons off practice squad
“Sources: The Falcons are signing K Jake Moody off the Ravens practice squad and adding him to their 53-man roster,” Schultz reports.
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This is a tough blow for the Ravens, as they lost their replacement for Loop, who’s currently on IR, to the Falcons in a savvy move by the NFC South squad.
Teams in the NFL can poach players from other teams’ practice squads, and that’s exactly what happened here with the Ravens and the Falcons.
Atlanta is signing Moody to their 53-man roster and dropping veteran Nick Folk to make room for the 26-year-old kicker. The Ravens, meanwhile, are back down to having zero kickers on their roster.
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While the Ravens have a lot bigger issues than losing Moody to the Falcons, it’s still not a good thing that Baltimore lost a kicker who made a 53-yarder in his team debut, especially since Loop is on IR and his return is up in the air.
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The Ravens need to find a new kicker, and while they could go after Folk, the Falcons cut him for a reason. Folk went 13 of 18 on field goals for the Falcons, a poor 72.2%.
Baltimore might’ve just downgraded at kicker, for no other reason than they didn’t add Moody to the 53-man roster when they had the chance.
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