Kyle Goon: Has Tyler Loop moved on from Pittsburgh? The Ravens need to test him with competition.

Someone please point Tyler Loop to the nearest yoga retreat. Somebody tell him how to get to Margaritaville.

You want zen? The second-year kicker projected nothing but inner peace Wednesday afternoon. Wearing flip-flops and shorts to the media podium only completed the effect.

He presented as a master of positive vibes — the Big Loop-Bowski, if you will.

Loop spoke to the press for the first time in five months, since a cold night in Pittsburgh when his 44-yard field goal attempt — a boot that could have put the Ravens in the playoffs — went wide right.

Back then, it was sorrow and disappointment. “It sucks,” Loop said, summing up the biggest failure of his early career. Now, in four words: It’s all good, man.

Loop sounded ready to move on from the Steelers letdown, was encouraged by his 40-yarder to end this week’s mandatory minicamp and completely jazzed by every big life development between those two kicks. He spent a lot of time reflecting on Scripture and drawing inspiration. This offseason, he got married: “That was a blast,” he said.

If you were hoping Loop is ready to move on, you could not sound more Moved On than he did.

“I’d say the biggest part of moving on was just letting the people that I care about and the people that care about me know, ‘Hey, I’m good. Nothing’s changed for me. I still feel confident in my abilities,’” he said. “And, once I let the people who care about me know I was good, then it was easy to move on and be like, ‘All right, we’re in the offseason. It’s time to try to reset and reload.’”

Reset. Reload. According to Loop, it should be that simple.

And yet, if you’re the Ravens, are you ready to put him back in position for a game-winning kick? How high is your trust that the sunshine and positivity pouring out of Loop will gird his composure next time the pressure is really on?

I don’t know if you can believe it — not until Loop shows how composed he is with real stakes on the line.

That’s why the Ravens need to bring in real competition for training camp, forcing Loop to win his starting job this summer.

Loop was convincing that he’s put real emotional distance between himself and that kick. When asked how he’s come back mentally, he noted he wouldn’t have made the NFL at all if he fell apart after every miss.

“It’s hard to understand, from an outside perspective, the amount of confidence and the amount of work I have in the process we’ve developed and in my ability to kick a football,” he said. “I think some people can’t quite grasp that until you let them know, ‘I’m good. I’ve been doing this for years, and I feel really comfortable that, if I went out there, I’d make it.’

I’m not saying his zen master lines were an act — I believe in his conviction. But will that make him a better kicker on the game-winning field goal? Let’s find out.

In my opinion, the Ravens handled Loop with kid gloves last season, although there are plenty of reasons you could justify it. He was replacing Justin Tucker, one of the greatest kickers of all time who left the team under a shadow. That was a big calling for anybody — much less a rookie.

When undrafted rookie Jon Hoyland put up a respectable effort in camp last fall, special teams coordinator Chris Horton initially projected Hoyland and Loop would kick in all three preseason games. But Hoyland was cut before the first one — coach John Harbaugh cited “roster needs” as the reason.

Whatever the cause for ditching Hoyland, it robbed Loop of meaningful competition.

The Ravens also were careful about putting Loop, who is known for his power, in situations where he had to kick long attempts. Perhaps that calculated, because Loop was just 1-for-4 on kicks of 50 yards or more when the Ravens gave him a chance.

When Loop was up to kick in Pittsburgh, it was his first NFL game-winning attempt. If you add the environment of a hostile Pittsburgh crowd, it’s easier to see how he failed in part because the adversity learning curve ramped up in a hurry.

It’s great that Loop is at peace with his failure. I don’t think he should dwell on it the rest of his life. As safety Kyle Hamilton, eloquently put it: “I’ve probably had a hundred times as many [bad] plays as Loop has had bad plays. You can’t dwell on it. It’s part of the game. You play this game long enough, you’re going to have some down moments.”

But the Ravens should not be at peace with their kicker. They need to test Loop’s mettle early and often, long before the entire season rests on his foot.

Kicking coach Randy Brown and Loop’s fellow specialists have consistently sung his praises, citing him as the next great Ravens kicker (which is saying something going back to Matt Stover). But the results so far are unremarkable, to say the least.

His 88.2% on field goals was middle of the road. Thirty NFL kickers made at least two 50-plus-yarders, but Loop did not. He had eight penalties on kickoffs, by far the most of anyone in the league.

Is he really the next great kicker? Prove it. Show it. Earn it. The Ravens can’t go into 2026 with doubt hanging over such an important position.

If Loop can beat out another kicker in August, come September, he’ll have a real reason to feel inner peace.