FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff says punter Steve Weatherford made “an aggressive error” when he ran a failed fake against Green Bay without getting it approved.
Westhoff, speaking Thursday for the first time since the gaffe, says those calls need to be made by him.
With the Jets facing a fourth-and-18 from their own 20 in the first quarter Sunday, Weatherford took the snap and sprinted along the right sideline for what initially appeared to be a first down. But Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy challenged, and officials ruled Weatherford out of bounds a half-yard short of the first down.
The Packers got a field goal on the ensuing drive. Weatherford says he’ll wait for a “verbal OK” in future situations.
