Of course, it came down to 35 yards.

Of course, it caused spiraling deja vu on the Broncos sideline.

Of course, nearly everybody involved had some version of the same thought cross their mind.

This is just like last year.

Except for Sean Payton ’s team — and for the Kansas City Chiefs, too — this is not last year.

This is anything but.

Fifty-three weeks after the Broncos had their hearts ripped out at Arrowhead Stadium on a blocked walk-off field goal attempt, Wil Lutz toed the line again from the identical distance and tried not to focus on the full-circle nature of the moment.

Renck: The question after Sean Payton’s biggest win in Denver: Who’s beating these Broncos in AFC?

“I saw it the whole way,” the veteran kicker said. “The whole way onto the field, it’s obviously somethin

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