2007-03-03 20:02:52 · 19 answers · asked by saintsfanatic2431 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
NONONO.. might be the dumbest thing the the saints have ever done. Now the Entire NFL has a chance at getting a Valuable #1 or #2 reciever that will make the Saints look Stupid. they have colston and ???? while who ever picks up horn will have smith and horn or moss and horn. or santana moss and horn a dynamic duo that helped drew brees to a great year. yes horn was hurt this year but guess what when he wasnt in the lineup the saints were AVERAGE at best!!!!
Mike
2007-03-03 20:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by griff 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends upon the moves they make to replace him and add more receiving help AND where he ends up.
By today's standards, Horn is an old man but STILL a good player.
The problem with letting seasoned vets go is that you never know if they're washed up, gonna have one or two more years of being fairly productive or for 1 or 2 more years if they're gonna return to the form when they were putting up THEIR average numbers.
In the NFC, most teams are generally 1 or 2 impact players away from being a playoff contender. Horn can still be one of those guys. He won't be an every down player but he can STILL put together enough to make defenses have to account for him.
Horn playing on another NFC team could come back and bite them in the butt; especially if he goes to another team in their division.
Ex Saint, Dante Stallworth went to Philly, a team that fortunately for the Saints, is not in their division; helped them take the division and scored a touchdown against the Saints in the playoff game that Saints only beat Philly by 3pts.
They still have Colston, McAllister and Bush, who is an excellent pass receiver and Terrence Copper put up some pretty good numbers; but even with Horn, that wasn't enough.
No one asked the question yet, so I won't say what I think the Saints need this year.
2007-03-04 07:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absofreakinlootly, The Saints have an amazing group of young underpaid Wide Receivers allready on the team like Marques Colston and Devery Henderson, to keep a 35 year old guy that has broke down for the last 2 seasons with a huge contract just doesn't make good business sense.
Sorry Joe, you gotta go
2007-03-04 09:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somewhat. I'm not sure what he was getting paid so I can't really totally say one way or the other. They do have good WRs even without him. Espically with the way things turned out with Colston. Now I wouldn't put a lot of stock in that though. After all you really should go by more then one year, even if it was the rookie year, to judge a player. What if Colston ends up not being as great as last year? He was to get 4.45 Million and just had two injury plague seasons. Actually I think it was a good move for both sides. They asked him to take a pay cut and he said no. So now he can get the money he wants and they get the cap move, plus save the 1 million Roster Bonus.
2007-03-04 04:58:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From a PR standpoint it was probably tough to make the decision to let him and he also had a great presence in the lockerroom. But in the salary cap system now in place the Saints made the proper business decision based on his performance, age, health and size of contract. He got to collect a pretty handsome chunk of change to walk away and the Saints cleared some valuable cap space (something like 2.2 mill plus a 1 mill roster bonus, thats a lot of coin to get better in an area where they need help). Surely he gets a deal somewhere so he makes even more money, in the end both parties benefit. It was a great marriage while it lasted but now it is time for both to move on.
2007-03-04 09:23:24 · answer #5 · answered by viphockey4 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I believe that was a very dumb move. If you look at his stats, he had 679 yards and 4 TDs and he only played in 10 games; if he had played in all 16, he could have easily had 1000 yards receiving and 7 touchdowns. It was his 10th year in the league so he was getting a little old, but he definitely still has some good years left in them. When they cut Horn, not only did they lose a valuable receiver, but they also lost a great locker room presence and I think that was even dumber.
2007-03-04 10:04:09 · answer #6 · answered by kryllin87 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Horn is getting old. They have a lot of youth and good recievers. I think it was best for the team and him. He was starting to not fit in there, At least it will give him a option to find another team where he can start.
2007-03-04 08:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by nypokerplayer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was a fair thing to do. He's injured and this may be his last contract. NO has loads of talent at WR and while his leadership would be missed, their young guys have playoff experience now. If he can go to a team with a dire need for vet WRs (SF, MIA, NE, etc) where he can stay for a year and solidify the youngsters, he can earn a nice final contract. If no one wants to pick him up, the Saints will lowball him so he can wrap up his career there and move on to coaching.
2007-03-04 04:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by DUotis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The guy hasn't had a good season in two years, he gets injured a lot, and he's not getting any younger. His waiving makes more cap space for the Saints, and now they can bring in a better, younger receiver to take his place.
2007-03-04 04:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by drbuns 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah man, hate to say but good 'ol Joe is all washed up. He hasn't had a very good season, in quite a while and He's too fragile. It was a smart move to cut him.
2007-03-04 04:53:15 · answer #10 · answered by kidblink56 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋