The Denver Broncos are capable of winning the Super Bowl this year, but that also takes the effort of an entire team, and not much can go wrong from now until a potential Super Bowl berth.
Denver is now 7-2 at the bye and have, to be frank, eight winnable games left on their schedule. While a 15-2 regular season finish would be rather insane and perhaps a bit unrealistic, it's possible until it isn't.
While we continue to debate the NFL Trade Deadline, one key player, who continues to be instrumental in the team's late-game heroics, has rebounded nicely after some early-season struggles.
Denver Broncos K Wil Lutz has been flawless since his early-season struggles
WIl Lutz first missed a field hoal in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Rams. He then went 2/3 against San Francisco in Week 4 and 3-4 against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5, beginning the year 8/11. Lutz had oddly missed two field goals from the 40-49 range and missed a 58-yard attempt against the 49ers in Week 4.
At that point of the season, it did feel like things were simply trending in the wrong direction with Lutz, who is now in his age-32 season and isn't exactly young anymore. Kicker is absolutely a position where players can sustain notable success well into their 30s, but Lutz' early season-struggles were tough to ignore.
However, ever since the team's Week 6 game against Seattle, Lutz has been perfect, converting on all of his field goal attempts and keeping his extra point streak alive. Lutz has gone 8/8 on field goal attempts since Week 6 against Seattle, which also included the game-winner against the Seahawks in overtime, which was from a healthy 53 yards.
Lutz isn't known for having a huge leg, but he's been nothing but clutch for the Broncos during his career with the team. Lutz has made 88.2 percent of his field goal attempts with the Broncos, now in his fourth year. He has also made 130 of 132 extra point attempts. He also has the longest streak of consecutive extra points made since the NFL moved it back during the 2015 season.
Overall, the Broncos have been getting some really efficient play from Lutz in recent weeks. Those early-season struggles seem to be just that, and as the season goes on, the Broncos will absolutely need him to show up in big moments.
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