New special teams coach Mike Westhoff joined the New Orleans Saints for the first time on Thursday, and although the veteran assistant is coming in midseason, the team's longest-tenured specialist said it felt like a seamless transition.
"He acted as if he's been here since the beginning," punter Thomas Morstead said. "We're happy to have him."
Westhoff, 69, came out of retirement to help the Saints special teams for the remainder of the season. Although special teams haven't proven costly for the Saints this year, a couple aspects of that phase have been clear weaknesses at times, primarily returns and kicking.