“Hope You Get Divorced”: Ravens Fans Blame Tyler Loop as Missed FG Costs Baltimore a Playoff Spot

The final moments of the Week 18 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens were chaos in its purest NFL form. It was dramatic, cruel, and unforgettable. For Baltimore, it was heartbreaking. But for one particular Ravens player, it was something far worse.

After surrendering a go-ahead touchdown in the final minute, the Ravens were handed a lifeline when Chris Boswell missed the extra point. All Baltimore needed was a field goal.

Lamar Jackson delivered, slicing through Pittsburgh’s defense with urgency, capped by a massive fourth-down completion to Isaiah Likely. With seconds remaining, rookie kicker Tyler Loop lined up for a 44-yard attempt that would have won the game, clinched the AFC North, and punched Baltimore’s playoff ticket.

He missed. The kick veered right. Acrisure Stadium erupted. The Steelers won 26–24.

Baltimore’s season was over. And almost immediately, the reaction turned toxic. Ravens fans flooded Loop’s Instagram comments section, some wishing him personal harm, others going even further, telling the 23-year-old rookie they “hope he gets divorced.” 

Loop, a sixth-round pick out of Arizona, had missed just three field goals all season entering Week 18. He hadn’t missed from 40-plus yards all year. He had shown enough consistency to beat out veteran competition in camp after the Ravens made the shocking decision to move on from Justin Tucker.

Loop did his job consistently for 17 weeks. This one just happened to be the worst possible miss at the worst possible moment. And it led to ungracious fans writing stuff like “You will never walk the streets of Bmore and feel safe again,” and “count your days…”

Around the league, reactions poured in fast and loud. Some were blunt. Cordell Woodland joked, “This is why you don’t draft kickers.” LeSean McCoy dismissed kickers entirely in a viral clip. Skip Bayless stated that he didn’t envy Loop’s plane ride home.

No game — especially a 60-minute one — is decided by a single play. Baltimore’s defense did have a late-game meltdown. The Ravens allowed a last-minute touchdown drive, and they failed to close.

The margin between hosting a playoff game and watching January football from home wasn’t just one kick; it was a collection of breakdowns that piled up all night. Head coach John Harbaugh seemed to understand that. Cameras caught him immediately comforting Loop in the tunnel after the miss, shielding his rookie from the moment instead of scapegoating him.

This was the first time in the history of the Ravens–Steelers rivalry that the division title came down to the final game of the regular season. It was an instant classic: 64-yard touchdowns, blocked PATs, frantic drives, and one kick that will be replayed for years.

Pittsburgh moves on to face the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round. Baltimore is left with painful questions about its defense, its late-game execution, and what went wrong yet again in January.