METAIRIE, La. -- Remember when New Orleans Saints kicker Wil Lutz was still an unproven commodity?
Remember when the Saints burned through 11 kickers in 11 years under coach Sean Payton?
Both seem to be things of the past now, after Lutz capped a strong sophomore season with two huge playoff kicks.
Lutz’s 43-yard field goal that put the Saints ahead of the Minnesota Vikings with 25 seconds remaining last week was especially clutch -- before, you know, the thing that happened with Stefon Diggs and the "Minnesota Miracle.