Special-teams coach Mike Westhoff, speaking generally last week, said the dropped kicks and punts had to stop.

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In neither assignment, though, is Tebow doing anything that Jensen didn't do for Westhoff over the pair's seven seasons together in Miami.

WSJ: Tebow Before There Was Tebow

In fact, according to Westhoff, Tebow lines up in the same spots on the field and relies on the same terminology that Jensen did.

WSJ: Tebow Before There Was Tebow

And from the moment the Jets acquired Tebow in March, Westhoff was open about his belief that Tebow could play special teams, even though he had never done so at any level of football.

WSJ: Tebow Before There Was Tebow

Jensen, of course, did not enter the NFL with the same combination of fanfare and curiosity that Tebow did. (Who has?) What he did have was a background that made him indispensableto Shula and Westhoff.

WSJ: Tebow Before There Was Tebow

Westhoff populates his book with a multitude of such punchy nuggets as he chronicles the rise and relevance of southern hip-hop, a subgenre whose influence is often forgotten by mainstream critics more familiar with its coastal brethren.

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