The Return of Horn

I still read it but is does suck. Old and stale. And padded.

Despise the T-P. I’ll still pick up a Sunday edition from time to time though, only because the comics section is cheaper than gift wrap.

Agree total

He was obviously better than Henderson. He started ahead of him for three seasons.

Sir, how dare you say Danny Abramowicz wasn’t/isn’t great. Such words may lead to fisticuffs in some less reputable New Orleans neighborhoods.

Agreed on that coldpizza. But ever since Sean Payton/Drew Brees changed the culture of our team…We have a hell of a receiving core!

sorry….but as far as Saints WRs go…Eric Martin was great. An absolutely incredibly third down possession receiver the likes of which we haven’t seen before, or since on our team.

Not 100%, but I know for a fact that Roaf’s wife was a stripper when he met her, so it doesn’t seem terribly far fetched either way.

Here’s an ESPN article.

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Horn said he doesn’t know how the malicious story started, but he hopes a public denial will end the attacks on him and his family.

Horn told ESPN’s Unscripted that he isn’t the father of Willie Roaf’s six-week-old daughter, and that he’s speaking out nationally on the subject because he wanted his fans to know that they were untrue.

Last Thursday, Saints left tackle Willie Roaf ended months of silence by dispelling rumors that Horn is the father of Roaf’s daughter, the Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported.

Roaf told the newspaper the baby “looks like me; long feet, long hands, she’s a big girl. I feel comfortable the child is mine.”

Horn told the newspaper: "The bottom line is this. There are things that we as NFL players do that people on the outside don’t understand. We make mistakes sometimes, but that is one mistake Joe Horn did not make. I did not sleep with Willie Roaf’s wife.

“I’ve never met her before, I’ve never seen her before. So the cowards in New Orleans who keep bringing my name up in clubs, restaurants and casinos, and spread these rumors on those stupid talk shows, if they have any proof that I was anywhere near Willie Roaf’s house or apartment, then I’m challenging them to come see me.

“Call me. Because it didn’t happen.”

Horn said he has discussed the matter with Roaf on numerous occasions and even offered to take a blood test to prove his innocence.

“Me and Willie are OK,” Horn told the paper. “I could call him right now and talk for an hour and a half. I could go to his home in Arkansas … Me and Willie Roaf are fine.”

I think it was just a bad rumor. I still love how he refers to himself in the third person. Reminds me of the “Jimmy” episode of Seinfeld.

He caught a lot of passes with Detroit, I’ll give him that. Haywood Jeffires caught a bunch for the Oilers and was briefly a Saint. Jake Reed … Ken Burrough and John Gilliam way back … there are a few that fit into that “super productive with another team” category. Based strictly on their careers as Saints, however, my Top 10 would probably look like this:

1. Eric Martin
2. Joe Horn
3. Danny Abramowicz
4. Wes Chandler
5. Marques Colston
6. Donte Stallworth
7. Quinn Early
8. Torrance Small
9. Devery Henderson
10. Michael Haynes

On the whole, that’s amazingly vanilla. Of course, so is our all-time QBs list, so that’s pretty much to be expected. Put it this way, with another season like he just had, Robert Meachem would already be pushing #6 on this list statistically and he’s not even a starter.

do → don’t