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“I don’t think we’ll use two spots necessarily," Payton said. “I don't have a time frame.”Īlthough New Orleans could potentially sign more than one kicker and have them compete during the preseason, Payton said his preference would be to use only one of the club's preseason roster spots on a kicker. “He started with a core muscle strain and then last week it progressed some, so rather than wait, we're going to go ahead and have that done right away,” Payton said. He did not appear to struggle initially, routinely converting field goals, but left practice on Saturday. Lutz began training camp on the club's non-football injury list before returning to practice last week.
Lutz, who has played in every game for New Orleans since making the team as an undrafted rookie out of Georgia State in 2016, was the only kicker on the roster heading into Monday's practice. “We've decided it's in our best interest to get this fixed now in order to miss the least amount of time possible.” “My training camp will be cut short due to an injury that had progressively worsened,” Lutz wrote.