The Ravens, though, didn’t ever doubt that Loop had the talent to make kicks. He was the one kicker they had interest in drafting, the hand-picked choice of senior special teams coach and kicking guru Randy Brown after he had pre-draft workouts with the top kickers.

I’ve been around a lot of people,” Ravens holder Jordan Stout said of kicker Tyler Loop. “I think he has the biggest leg I’ve ever seen.”

Rookie Tyler Loop appears to be closing in on the kicking job in Baltimore. The Ravens released John Hoyland on Saturday, which head coach John Harbaugh said was due to needs elsewhere on the roster rather than anything about Hoyland's performance.