His teammates aren't looking for a change, or asking for one.

"Wil (is) clutch," cornerback Marshon Lattimore said. "Everybody knows that. He's won a lot of games for us off of field goals, so we've got much confidence in him."

"Listen, a lot of confidence," quarterback Drew Brees said. "I think that's just the flow and the rhythm of what you create as a team with kind of that – it's that back and forth but man, just give us a chance to drive down and put him in position to kick a game-winner. Or score and put our defense in a situation where they can come up with a big stop or whatever it might be. There's a lot of confidence in him."

That has been evident from the beginning, when Coach Sean Payton signed Lutz, a free agent rookie, on Sept. 6, 2016 – five days before the Saints played their regular-season opener against Oakland, and after a Saints preseason kicking battle from which Kai Forbath had emerged the victor. Lutz had gone through training camp with the Ravens before he'd been released.

New Orleans lost that game 35-34, and Lutz missed a potential game-winner from 61 yards as time expired. But he made 28 of 34 field-goal attempts that season, 31 of 36 the next year and 28 of 30 last year to set the bar for his expected performance.

"Last year's standards were obviously tough to match," he said. "I think the difference is we've been playing such complementary football, that a lot of these kicks have meant more. And to me, that's all you can ask as a specialist, is to play a significant part in the game.

"Obviously, Chicago (he missed two of four kicks in a 36-25 win) was a rough game for me and the worst part about that is selfishly, even when you win, you don't feel like you played a part in it. And so that's hard to handle.

"But I think overall, as a special teams unit and a field goal unit, we're able to say that we've contributed to victories and regardless of stats, that's all that you can ask for."

He's asked, and delivered. The 58-yard walkoff in the season opener is his career long.

"I live for those moments," Lutz said. "That's why I'm in the position I'm in.