<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/broncos-news-denver-reunite-wil-lutz-with-sean-payton-trade-saints');   ga('set', 'title', 'Broncos reunite Wil Lutz with Sean Payton in trade with Saints');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Will-Lutz-Saints-Broncos.jpg"></figure><h1>Broncos reunite Wil Lutz with Sean Payton in trade with Saints</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-29T09:49:40-07:00">August 29th, 9:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-29T09:50:28-07:00">August 29th, 9:50am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Wil Lutz and Sean Payton are back together. The Denver Broncos <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1696557553910534242" rel="noopener">have acquired</a> Lutz in a trade with the New Orleans Saints, as reported by Ian Rapoport.</p><p>The kicker played for Payton from 2016-2021 and even made the Pro Bowl in 2019. He now heads to the Mile High City to be Payton’s main option this season. Lutz has been a very reliable kicker throughout his career since coming into the league after a standout career at Georgia State.</p><p>Lutz has converted a minimum of 80% of his field goals in every single season but 2022 when he was 23 for 31. However, Lutz did hit a career-long 60-yard kick while appearing in 17 games for New Orleans.</p><p>This is an intriguing move for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/broncos-nfl-preseason-roster-cuts-week-1-2023" rel="noopener">the Broncos</a> because, with his big leg, Lutz could be an absolute beast in the high altitude of Denver. We’re talking 65-yarders potentially. It also seems to be a trend since Payton arrived. The team now has nine offensive players who used to play for him in NOLA. Coincidence? Absolutely not.</p><p>Lutz, who went undrafted in 2016, was initially signed to the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad before the Saints decided to take a chance on him. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/saints-news-wil-lutz-agrees-to-five-year-deal-with-new-orleans" rel="noopener">signed an extension</a> with the organization in 2019.</p><p>Blake Grupe, who is a rookie, looks to be in line for the starter job with New Orleans after Lutz’s departure. He also went undrafted back in April out of Notre Dame. Big shoes to fill.</p><p>As for Lutz, we’ll see if he can thrive with Payton and the Broncos.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Broncos reunite Wil Lutz with Sean Payton in trade with Saints

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kind-of-shocked-saints-wil-lutz-reacts-to-heartbreaking-double-doink-on-61-yard-game-tying-attempt-vs-vikings/');   ga('set', 'title', '‘Kind of shocked’: Saints’ Wil Lutz reacts to heartbreaking double doink on 61-yard game-tying attempt vs. Vikings');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Saints-Wil-Lutz.jpg"></figure><h1>‘Kind of shocked’: Saints’ Wil Lutz reacts to heartbreaking double doink on 61-yard game-tying attempt vs. Vikings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-10-03T08:35:42-07:00">October 3rd, 8:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-10-03T08:35:42-07:00">October 3rd, 8:35am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Saints are still stuck with just a win after four games in the 2022 NFL regular season. They nearly had their second win of the season Sunday in London, but kicker Wil Lutz just failed to muster enough accuracy to prevent the Saints from experiencing the agony that the dreaded double-doink brings, as they lost to the Minnesota Vikings,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/vikings-news-kirk-cousins-gets-brutally-honest-on-performance-after-pulling-out-week-4-win-over-saints/"> 28-25</a>.</p><p>Lutz had a chance of sending the game to overtime when he lined up for a 61-yard field gal try. The Saints had all the confidence in him since he had already earlier drilled a 60-yarder to tie the game. But Lutz couldn’t do it two times in a row to save the Saints.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Saints</a> K Wil Lutz hit a 60-yard FG to tie the game earlier in the quarter. He had a chance to tie it again from 61 yards out.</p><p>Double Doink strikes again. </p><p>What a game. <a href="https://t.co/RGJG9Lq5aK">pic.twitter.com/RGJG9Lq5aK</a></p><p>— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1576612118018899970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It would not have likely come down to that long field goal attempt by Lutz if only the Vikings played well enough defensively to prevent the Vikings from taking the lead back with a Minnesota kicker Greg Joseph kick from 48 yards out as a response to Lutz’s earlier field goal.</p><p>After the game, Lutz painted a picture of what he was thinking when the ball left his foot.</p><p>Via <a href="https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/wil-lutz-experienced-highs-lows-as-nfl-kicker-within-minutes-against-minnesota-o" rel="noopener">John DeShazier of NewOrleansSaints.com</a>:</p><p>“Honestly, they were the same two kicks,” Lutz said. “Unfortunately, the second one had one more yard to move than the first one. I thought they were both in. I hit them both on the screws, played them right-third, knowing the ball was going to move a little left. The second one just moved a little more left. Kind of shocked it didn’t bounce in. It’s frustrating.”</p><p>For a moment after Lutz kicked the ball, many felt that the ball was also going through the uprights and help the Saints stay in the game, including Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell.</p><p>Via <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-vikings-new-orleans-saints-nfl-soccer-sports-eacb495e253950f624185ae25291cf62" rel="noopener">Ken Maguire of the Associated Press</a>:</p><p>“When it left his foot I thought it was going in,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said. “It felt like that thing had a real good chance to go through and obviously a couple of bounces later we’re able to walk off as the winning team.”</p><p>It’s back to the drawing board — again — for the Saints, who have now lost three games in a row after winning their season opener against the Atlanta Falcons on the road. Up next for the Saints is a matchup at home against the Seattle Seahawks</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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20-29 YDS	30-39 YDS	40-49 YDS	50+ YDS	EXTRA PTS MADE	POSITION RANK
5.8	22.2	18.8	14.6	78.5	6

2024 SEASON STATS
20-29 YDS	30-39 YDS	40-49 YDS	50+ YDS	EXTRA PTS MADE	POSITION RANK
5.8	22.2	18.8	14.6	78.5	6

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