OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens have signed Jake Moody to their practice squad, a development that doesn’t necessarily indicate an imminent kicking change, but it does increase the pressure on the much-maligned Tyler Loop.“It’s whatever’s best for the team at that particular moment,” coach Jesse Minter said following Monday’s practice. “We added a guy to compete on the practice squad, and we’ll see how it shakes out from there.”Minter said Moody has been on the Ravens’ radar, but adding him doesn’t change how the organization feels about Loop.“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, again, you’re always trying to just have every scenario covered. That’s what we’re trying to do as a team.”Moody, a third-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2023, was waived by the Washington Commanders earlier this month. He kicked in six games for the Commanders last year, making 10 of 11 field goal attempts.Moody, 26, has made 64 of 82 field goal attempts over parts of three NFL seasons. He’s 8-of-14 for his career from 50-plus yards, and 107-for-110 on extra-point tries.Is anything short of an AFC Championship appearance a failure for Ravens?Robert Mays and Derrik KlassenLoop’s status has been a hot-button issue around the team after his badly missed 44-yard field goal in Week 18 against the Pittsburgh Steelers last season kept the Ravens out of the playoffs and accelerated the end of the John Harbaugh era. It also capped an uneven rookie season for the 2025 sixth-round pick, who struggled on long field goals (1-of-4 from 50-plus yards) and kickoffs.The Ravens’ decision makers showed their faith in Loop throughout the offseason. They didn’t bring in another kicker to compete with him, maintaining that they were confident he’d bounce back and that they wanted him to get all the reps.Loop had a good offseason and kicked the ball extremely well in training camp. However, inconsistency reared its head in the preseason games, as he went just 5-of-8 on field goal attempts, missing from 49, 51 and 58 yards. After his second miss against the Commanders in last week’s preseason finale, Loop heard some boos at M&T Bank Stadium.Minter praised Loop’s work in training camp, but said, “It comes down to making the kicks in the pressure situations in the game.” He vowed that the Ravens would continue to evaluate their kicking situation.Three days later, the team brought in Moody, the former Michigan standout who has also struggled at times in his young career. The 49ers cut Moody one game into the 2025 season, his third year with the team. Moody made 46 of 62 field goal attempts with San Francisco, and 94 of his 96 extra-point tries.Moody was beat out in Washington this summer by rookie Drew Stevens after a preseason in which he missed a 29-yarder in a game and struggled in practices.“He’s a guy that’s had success in this league,” Minter said.Fagnano, Burke have their momentWhen Joe Fagnano was escorted to general manager Eric DeCosta’s office Sunday morning, the undrafted quarterback out of UConn was expecting the worst. He was told by veterans in advance of cutdown day that “no news is good news,” and getting a call to meet with DeCosta portended news.The news he got instead prompted Fagnano to ask DeCosta whether he was serious and whether he had permission to sit down to collect his thoughts.“I didn’t know what to expect,” Fagnano said Monday. “Obviously, first time going through cut day, just trying to stay busy throughout the day. I got a call to come into the office. My head immediately went to, ‘Ah, man, this might be it.’ I went in there and he said, ‘You made the team.’ It was super cool and good to be out at practice today and back to playing football.”The Ravens haven’t traditionally kept a third quarterback on the 53-man roster, but Fagnano starred throughout the preseason, completing 75 percent of his passes and throwing for 509 yards and three touchdowns.“I just give Joe a ton of credit for how he played,” Minter said. “He legitimately played his way onto this roster. You don’t want to let good players like that leave your building.”Outside linebacker Ethan Burke, an undrafted rookie out of Texas, did the same. A youth lacrosse star, Burke was a big Ravens fan growing up, so much so that he spent several Halloweens dressing up as Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis.“This is just the beginning of my journey,” Burke said. “I want to continue to work and get better.”