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Following their Week 1 win in which kicker Tyler Loop made two field goals and two wide receivers were injured, the Ravens released practice squad kicker Jake Moody to make room for wide receiver Gage Larvadain.

An undrafted free agent, Larvadain played 13 games for the Cleveland Browns last season with seven catches for 71 yards. He also returned 24 punts for 167 yards.

Larvadain was part of the Browns’ final roster cuts this year. He joins the Ravens following injuries to wide receivers Zay Flowers (hamstring) and Ja’Kobi Lane (wrist).

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In addition to Larvadain, the team brought in receivers Shedrick Jackson, Dante Pettis and Octavian Smith Jr. for tryouts, according to the NFL’s transaction wire.

Head coach Jesse Minter said Monday that Flowers is day-to-day and that they were still evaluating Lane’s injury, which is reportedly a fractured wrist.

After the injuries to Flowers and Lane, the Ravens had three active receivers to close out the Colts game: Rashod Bateman, punt returner LaJohntay Wester and practice squad elevation Chris Moore. Rookie Elijah Sarratt and Devontez Walker (groin) were inactive. Sarratt returned punts for the Ravens in the preseason but had a rough week of practice leading up to the season opener.

When asked about the possibility of adding another wide receiver, Minter said, “I think there is potential for that. But ‘Tez’ Walker and Sarratt — [I] have a lot of confidence in those guys. [...] Those two guys have a real opportunity to kind of get themselves into the boat, get themselves in rhythm.”

To make space for Larvadain, the Ravens released Moody. The Ravens signed the kicker, who was cut by the Washington Commanders in training camp, following Loop’s rough preseason where he went 5-of-8 on field goal attempts.

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Minter said before Week 1 that Loop responded well to the competition, making every kick in practice.

To start the season, Loop made a 57-yard field goal followed by a 45-yard field goal in Indianapolis.

“Look, I have said it a bunch, but my confidence in [Tyler Loop] has never really shaken,” Minter said. “Obviously, you have to make kicks and things like that, and in the preseason, he had a couple of mishaps. But just the work ethic and the trust in the process in so many different things that he’s been working on, I expected nothing less.”