New Orleans Saints special teams coach Mike Westhoff wanted to use Taysom Hill as a kickoff returner late in the 2017 season.
Instead, the team decided to use star rookie running back Alvin Kamara.
"We were fighting to get in the playoffs ... and that seemed to be the prudent thing to do," Westhoff said Friday (Sept. 21).
The decision to move Hill, a third-string quarterback, into the kickoff returner role finally happened last Sunday, and Hill did not disappoint. The Cleveland Browns' first three kickoffs were touchbacks, but on the fourth, Hill raced for a 47-yard return.