METARIE, La. — A little more than a year ago, Mike Westhoff came out of retirement to coach special teams for the Saints. He didn't know any of the players on his new team.
Westhoff walked through the locker room and noticed a player coming out of the shower wearing a towel around his waist.
He thought, "He's big, put together."
Later, he was with head coach Sean Payton.
"Who the hell is that guy?" he asked.
"He's a quarterback," Payton told him.
"A quarterback?" Westhoff said.
"A quarterback," Payton replied.
"How big is he?