Westhoff Saw Phins Special Teams Practices
Everyone knows that Westhoff has close ties to both the Dolphins and Jets at this point. During his recovery, Westhoff was back in Florida, and apparently was witness to some of the special teams practices of said AFC East rival writes Armando Salguero.
Westhoff … was a guest of the Dolphins on several occasions during training camp. He was allowed to come to camp and view practice from basically the same vantage point as what Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland view practices.
So he got an up-close and personal view of Miami’s practice, personnel and preparations.
I’m not saying that will be an advantage for Westhoff and the Jets on Sunday. But it has to make the Dolphins just a little uncomfortable knowing that a coach on the opposing team got such an close look at them during their preseason of preparation — even if it was only for a couple of days.
It’s an interesting tidbit, but nothing more. The Jets can get preseason tapes of the games the Dolphins just played, and see some of the same things. As a point of professional ethics, Westhoff should probably refrain from spilling his guts on specific wrinkles he saw, but I don’t think this is anything on which to burn too many cycles. Mike is going to be the one calling the plays for the Jets, but more than that, he’s Mike Westhoff, and if getting a small edge like this over another team is necessary, then he wouldn’t have had the success he’s already had in the NFL as a Special Teams Coach.
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It feels good to hear a story about us getting over on another divison rival……Funny that Parcells would let Westhoff in the gate knowing how close he was to the Jets and the staff. In the long run it means very little. We have to tackle Ted Ginn and they have to tackle Leon
I think its more than just “an interesting tidbit.” Imagine if the shoes were on the other feet. I’m sure many Jets fans would be livid. Personally, I’m happy we have the advantage.
I don’t know why, but I’m getting visions of Westhoff going in there with a camera rigged up in his crutch, sort of like Leslie Nielsen in “The Naked Gun” and trying to not-so-obviously take photos while talking to the coaches.
Westhoff: “So, this is your new kicker, is it?” [points crutch, everyone hears loud click]
Parcells: “Wait! What was that noise?”
Westhoff: [pointing crutch at different part of field, clicking another photo] “What noise?”
Parcells: “That one. There it is again!”
Westhoff: [looking around, pointing crutch in random directions when Parcells isn't looking and snapping away] “No … still didn’t hear anything.”
Parcells: “Surely, you can hear that snapping noise!”
Westhoff: [lowering crutch and smiling to self] “No, I can’t. And stop calling me Shirley.”
This was ten times funnier that it should have been due to the fact that Crutch and Crotch can have the same meaning here in England. So, I read that initially as him having a camera stuffed down his pants and I was envisionaging Westy thrusting his groinal regions towards various parts of the Fins practice field.
I only realised at the end (when he lowered what I was thinking of as his “crotch”) that you were actually on about one of his crutches.
Westhoff is the man!!! He could use it as a crutch!
That was funny. I had the same visuals as Bent. I misread. Funny none the less.