Grupe

LordPoopington said
You mean the guy who missed a PAT and a field goal in the one game he had a chance to help his team win this season? The guy who missed a field goal in a tie game with under two minutes left in our season finale last year? I will take a draft pick for a guy finished 32nd in the NFL in field goal accuracy every time. Don't tell me about what Lutz was in 2018-19. It's not 2018-19.

And also, if people are going to compare Grupe to Lutz, it's important to remember Lutz was a bottom-tier kicker his rookie year (did not finish in the top 20 for FG accuracy in 2016).

All of this. Something people want to ignore when trying to drag Grupe through the mud.

Even Lutz wasn't Lutz his rookie year and Grupe (so far) has still been better than he was in 2016.

Everyone is demanding Grupe immediately have 2018-2019 Lutz production while glossing over the fact that Lutz has been on a backwards slide since 2020. That's why they went with the young prospect.

SweetT said
Also, the fact that you have already missed 4 FGs in 7 games, is not a glowing review.

Lutz didn't have a very glowing review either his rookie season.

He also missed 4 FG in his first 7 games (11/15, 73.3%) and even went 4/7 (57.1%) in his first 2 games where we lost both by a combined 4 points because he had one FG blocked and returned for a TD where we lost 16-13 to the Giants.

Good thing Payton didn't cut him then because y'all wouldn't have anyone to be upset about trading away in favor of Grupe right now. 😂