New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton isn't one to maintain to the status quo.
So, when the chance to lure long-time NFL special teams coach Mike Westhoff out of retirement and add him to the coaching staff presented itself, the decision came easy.
"I just think the opportunity to bring someone with his credentials to our team is one that made so much sense," Payton said Thursday morning in a teleconference. "And fortunately, we were able to recruit off his boat in Florida."
Under first-year special team coordinator Bradford Banta, the Saints' special teams unit enters Week 11 ranked at or near the bottom of the league in essential statistical categories.