[Stevens] Wil Lutz missed an extra point and a 55 yard FG. The Broncos lost by one point.

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1. Maher is probably laughing in his living room.

2. Cut him now. How hard can it be to find a fucking kicker? Seriously

3. We would’ve lost anyways… Raiders were moving the ball up and down the field with ease. Easy scapegoat but not the biggest problem with this team.

4. 16 is the ceiling again?

5. Definitely needed that extra point but the lack of any QB pressure seems like a bigger issue going forward

6. We can harp on that all we want, but if the past six years have shown us anything, you’re not going to win much if you cant score more than 16 points per game.

7. I mean if he had hit those the raiders wouldn’t have kneeled it out

8. 

9. very much to blame. Payton too for getting him for no reason other than familiarity

10. We scored 16 points.. an extra point missed isn’t the reason we sucked.

11. I can give a pass on the 55 yd field goal.
    Extra Points should be automatic for a professional kicker

12. If you can’t convert just one more drive in to points, you are not going win many games let alone beat anyone good.

13. We’re so fucked. Every single game since SB50 has been exactly the same.

14. I hate this team, just a constant disappointment.

15. Those were bad but Raiders was kinda moving on this defense regardless. Not what I expected tbh

16. We were going to lose by more but they didnt need to score anymore.

17. Bad teams find ways to lose

18. I miss McManus

19. Zac, the Broncos lost cause our offense sucks.

    Oh yeah our Def sucks too

    Zero pressure from the front 4,

    Zero pressure when we blitzed,

    Russ was too scared to go deep and was Cpt checkdown.

    We’ve still got all the same issues from the last 7 years.

20. We suck. Plain and simple. Same shit different year.

21. Lutz was one of the best kickers in the league. He got injured, worked his way back, and he was actually the leader during Saints preseason camp. The kid we kept was nipping at his heels, and we went with cheaper and younger.

    Wil was really upset. He spent his whole career in New Orleans, he loves the city, and he was tearing up in the last preseason game. We cut him, and I think he’s got a case of the yips. If he can settle, he can win games for you.

22. Hate to say it but we should really lose out and grab Caleb

23. Should’ve kept Maher

24. Honestly I’m so hurt right now I feel like the universe just doesn’t want me to be happy. I feel like I’m just done giving a fuck about football for a bit. I don’t know, I’ve loved the Broncos for so long and to be disappointed so often I’m almost to the point where I just can’t watch anymore. My life has enough problems already, I needed the Broncos to bring me some joy and when they didn’t today it just broke my heart. Maybe I’m mad at myself for expecting a football team to bring me happiness knowing it’s deeper than that I’m just fucked up.

25. The onside kick is what lost us the game. Handed them 7 points right out of the gate. 4 points doesn’t make up for that. This was 100% on game management.

26. They traded for this dude?

27. I put this loss on the defense. If they would have stopped that first drive by the Raiders, it would have given the defense more confidence to step up. Instead, the played tentatively, and gave the receivers too much room. Sean Payton is not going to be happy about this performance.

28. Shouldn’t have even attempted that field goal. Either go for it on 4th or punt and play field position imo. Just felt like a bad decision in the flow of the game

29. The idiot kicker deserves a lot of blame, but zero QB pressure and a mediocre offensive effort won’t win games in the NFL. Back to the drawing board, Sean.

30. Even if he made the kicks we probably still would have lost. The raiders would have been down 3 at the end then kicked to tie instead of kneeling out the last two minutes. Plus they had plenty of time to take a few endzone strikes.

31. Fucking RedZone offense and shitty place kicking have been killers for Denver for the last 7 years and they were once again. I thought Sean Peyton was an offensive genius. Fucking PATHETIC.

32. Another turrible season coming up. I tried to get excited but the dullness the broncos bring is disappointing. Russ is washed…time to tank for Caleb…

33. Wilson looked better today I will say that

34. More like Wil Clutz, right?

35. As if raiders didn’t kneel instead of going for points. Blaming the kicker is low hanging fruit, the tougher reality is this has started as a deja vu of last year. No pass rush and no explosive plays on offense—different coach same outcome

36. Sean Payton is a piece of s*** looks like he got the bounty gate going again

37. Larry David has suggested getting rid of kickers and punters and just letting the offenses use all 4 downs to try and get first down. I know the football purists would hate this idea, but I’m all for it.

    He compared letting kickers and punters, who he rightfully called “non-football players” that do “non-football things”, to letting a frog jump through a hoop to decide football games.

    Ban kickers and punters.