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.
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. 😂