
The Godfather of special teams has been taking calls.
When he is not out on his boat catching sharks off the coast of Florida—last Thursday he nabbed two hammerheads and a blacktip—he is watching field goals, kickoffs, punts and returns. He is talking to a handful of special teams coordinators from his coaching tree. Guys who played for him. Guys who grew up in the NFL like Mike Westhoff did, having to make it on the game’s fringes.