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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers veteran kicker Chris Boswell displayed impeccable sportsmanship after Ravens’ rookie Tyler Loop’s 44-yard missed field goal in Sunday night’s win over Baltimore.
WTAE cameras captured Boswell consoling Loop after his season-ending miss. Boswell jogged over to Loop as soon as he missed the kick, offering words of encouragement.
On Friday, Boswell revealed what he said to the rookie kicker at his lowest moment.
“When we fail, it’s in the public eye for everybody to see. I just wanted run over to him and let him know, a kick is a kick. Got to move past it,” Boswell said.
“Anybody can go through it. I just kind of wanted to give him that from someone who’s been there. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel type thing. He knows this, but it’s up to him and he just got to move on and it’s about the next kick.”
Loop and his fiancée, Julia, received online harassment and death threats after he missed the 44-yard game-winner on Sunday night.
Steelers and Ravens fans have come together to show support for Loop.
In protest of his treatment, Steelers fans began donating $26.24 to the John S. Mullholland Family Foundation, a nod to the 26-24 final score. Ravens fans then joined the effort, donating $30 to signify Loop’s total of made field goals this season and $33 for his jersey number.
The Washington, D.C., foundation is the favorite charity of Loop’s.
The John S. Mullholland Family Foundation has received more than $42,000 in donations since Loop’s missed kick, board chairman Brian Mulholland said Thursday.
The Washington, D.C., foundation is the favorite charity of Loop’s.
THIS is CLASS.
I’m not remotely surprised that this is how Chris Boswell reacted. I’m disgusted (and heartbroken) at what Tyler Loop has fielded after this. “Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.” #steelers #ravens #roosevelt pic.twitter.com/WmMV6epMql
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) January 7, 2026
Boswell, who’s usually automatic, has dealt with his own adversity as of late. He missed a field goal against the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns and had an extra point partially blocked against the Ravens. The failed extra point made it a 26-24 game instead of 27-24. Loop’s 44-yard missed field goal occurred on the following possession.
Boswell very well could have been on the other side of Sunday night’s nail-biter.
Loop has been clutch this season, but he failed when it mattered the most on Sunday night in the Ravens’ heartbreaking 26-24 loss to the Steelers.
Loop had not missed on a field goal attempt inside 50 yards all season until his 44-yard field goal went wide right on the last play of the game.
“For it to end like that sucks, and I want to do better,” Loop said. “Unfortunately, the nature of the [kicker] job is you have makes, and those are awesome, and unfortunately, you have misses, and for that to happen tonight sucks.”
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