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Falcons sign Joe Horn (1 Viewer)
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Assani Fisher
Footballguy
very good signing if true imo.
massraider
Footballguy
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2791102
Atlanta's young and underachieving receiving corps has a leader. More important, the Falcons have fetched Michael Vick another dependable target.
Horn
Former Saints receiver Joe Horn, released last week by New Orleans, agreed Wednesday to sign with the rival Falcons, according to team sources. Terms of the contract, which was being finalized, were not immediately available.
Horn began his visit with the Falcons on Monday night and never left, deciding not to visit Green Bay or Jacksonville, who also were interested in the services of the 35-year-old wideout, who has 576 receptions, 8,501 yards and 57 touchdowns in 11 seasons with Kansas City and New Orleans.
Horn, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who served as the voice of the Saints' franchise -- and, to some extent, the Gulf South region -- during a 2005 season ruined by Hurricane Katrina, posted four 1,000-yard seasons with the Saints. But he's had only five touchdown catches the past two seasons and missed six games last year due to injury.
The chance to face the Saints twice a season and remain close to New Orleans presumably played a part in Horn's decision to sign with the Falcons, along with the prospect of playing with Vick in new head coach Bobby Petrino and offensive coordinator Hugh Jackson's system.
The Saints deemed Horn expendable largely because of the emergence last season of rookie Marques Coltson and former second-round pick Devry Henderson. In Atlanta, Horn immediately vaults to the top of a receiver depth chart that includes former first-round picks Michael Jenkins and Roddy White, who will no doubt benefit from a mentor as experienced and accomplished as Horn.
Atlanta's young and underachieving receiving corps has a leader. More important, the Falcons have fetched Michael Vick another dependable target.
Horn
Former Saints receiver Joe Horn, released last week by New Orleans, agreed Wednesday to sign with the rival Falcons, according to team sources. Terms of the contract, which was being finalized, were not immediately available.
Horn began his visit with the Falcons on Monday night and never left, deciding not to visit Green Bay or Jacksonville, who also were interested in the services of the 35-year-old wideout, who has 576 receptions, 8,501 yards and 57 touchdowns in 11 seasons with Kansas City and New Orleans.
Horn, a four-time Pro Bowl selection who served as the voice of the Saints' franchise -- and, to some extent, the Gulf South region -- during a 2005 season ruined by Hurricane Katrina, posted four 1,000-yard seasons with the Saints. But he's had only five touchdown catches the past two seasons and missed six games last year due to injury.
The chance to face the Saints twice a season and remain close to New Orleans presumably played a part in Horn's decision to sign with the Falcons, along with the prospect of playing with Vick in new head coach Bobby Petrino and offensive coordinator Hugh Jackson's system.
The Saints deemed Horn expendable largely because of the emergence last season of rookie Marques Coltson and former second-round pick Devry Henderson. In Atlanta, Horn immediately vaults to the top of a receiver depth chart that includes former first-round picks Michael Jenkins and Roddy White, who will no doubt benefit from a mentor as experienced and accomplished as Horn.
Joe, it was nice knowing ya.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
The Vikings didn't need him.
Ron_Mexico
I Love Doggies
.... into the abyss
Nigel Tufnel
Footballguy
Joe Horn's gonna be happy about this.
LHUCKS
Footballguy
LHUCKS
Footballguy
Don't worry, you've landed University of Arizona product Bobby Wade.Pac10 = Conference of Champions
LHUCKS
Footballguy
He wanted to stay in the Dirty, Dirty. :crunk:
mad sweeney
Footballguy
Talk to the brass in NO. Not Joe's fault. I never liked the guy, thought he was an arrogant fool. But in the Katrina season I found a healthy respect for him as he became a leader and source of inspiration not for the team but for the recovery effort. I think it humbled him and made him a good human being. i actually felt sorry that he wasn't able to play in th e NFC championship.
trader jake
Footballguy
Horn didn't look like he had much left in his tank last season. Won't this hurt the development of the young wideouts in Atlanta?
Horn averaged 18.4 yards per catch last year, and had 37/679/4 in essentially 9 games.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Right, but he doesn't seem like he is healthy anymore. Horn has had a very up and down career for FF owners in NO. Long stretches where he posts very average numbers but at the end of the season he has 1,000 yards and 6-8TD, which is good but he is not a WR1...WR2...maybe a WR3 at this point of his career. The bigger picture to me is who is throwing him the ball. THe numbers you showed for last season...Colston, Henderson, even Copper all did great with Brees throwing them the ball. What happens with Vick under center? Horn still will be in the NFC South, as well as the SOUTH so maybe he likes it down there but Vick is not going to make him a better WR IMO.Horn averaged 18.4 yards per catch last year, and had 37/679/4 in essentially 9 games.
Here is a link to his stats. 13 games in 2005, 10 last year...600 yards both seasons and an average of 2.5 TD per season...he cannot be a guy you build your WR stable around anymore.
Joe Horn at Pro-Football-Reference
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Sidewinder
Footballguy
It's not a done deal yet according to local radio. Terrence Melton (Saints backup LB and one of Horn's golfing buddies) called into the evening sports talk radio show (WWL 870 am), said nothing has been finalized, and that Mike McCarthy is still trying very hard to get Joe to fly up to Green Bay.
Vikes Fan
Footballguy
Jason Wood
Zoo York
I just don't get how, year in year out, people praise the signings of aging veterans who are clearly past their prime. Joe Horn is a NAME, but he's also a guy who's two years removed from an excellent season. To point toward last year's production as a positive ignores one of THE most important factors in football: health.
I always go back to something Eric Dickerson said...it's not that you lose your innate ability to play the game as you age, it's that physically you are unable to biologically recover from everyday aches and pains, much less injuries. In Horn's case, at 35 years old, to think he's going to be able to bounce back to 100% health and effectiveness makes little sense, nor is there much (any?) historical proxy for it.
The Falcons are a MESS. You can't convince me the Falcons are bereft of WR talent, and if they are, it's an admonition on the very same personnel department that felt compelled to sign Horn today.
I always go back to something Eric Dickerson said...it's not that you lose your innate ability to play the game as you age, it's that physically you are unable to biologically recover from everyday aches and pains, much less injuries. In Horn's case, at 35 years old, to think he's going to be able to bounce back to 100% health and effectiveness makes little sense, nor is there much (any?) historical proxy for it.
The Falcons are a MESS. You can't convince me the Falcons are bereft of WR talent, and if they are, it's an admonition on the very same personnel department that felt compelled to sign Horn today.
Yenrub
Footballguy
Really??
saintfool
Dead sexy
joe got a comparatively late start in the nfl. he did special teams in KC and only became a starting WR when he came to NOLA. he has some tread left on the tires, i think. it doesn't suprise me that his body is acting its age but he can still be effective.
Bizkiteer
Footballguy
I think he's a good NFL signing for a team like ATL. I think he's apt to become a possession WR now and not much more should be expected from him. He's always had a great work ethic since getting to NO and been a great leader. That is what ATL could use. I think a signing, like him, has to be put in the right perspective. If a team or person is looking to get the player that they were...not good.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
He is officially dead to me now.
Apparently Joe Horn just has lost a step or 2 is what will be said.
