When Sean Payton arrived, the Broncos made a ton of changes. Key players were traded or cut, and it was clear that Payton and his staff wanted to bring forth a new era of football. The 2023 season featued a brutal 1-5 start, but the Broncos have since turned it around and are one of the two best teams in the NFL as the playoffs continue.
Well, one of the more notable moves was when the team replaced long-time kicker Brandon McManus with Wil Lutz. In the season before he arrived in Denver, Lutz had made just 74.