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For those who didn't hear, Joe Horn, in his game against the Giants tonight, scored a touchdown, then took a cell phone from a teammate who grabbed it from underneath the goal post padding. Horn proceeded to make (or fake) a call.

OK, Terrell Owens was a jackass for the whole Sharpie incident, but let's make two things clear: 1) he was original, and the act was completely innovative; 2) he is TO, one of the best receivers in the game. If anyone has a license to do something like that, he does.

So now here comes this idiot Horn. Unoriginal, because no article about this incident will be complete without a mention of - you guessed it - Terrell Owens. And secondly, and more importantly, you are Joe Frikkin Horn! There is a Tier I of wide receivers, Joe, and you are not in it. Marvin Harrison, TO, and Randy Moss are the only members, with Torry Holt right there. Then there is Tier II, and it still doesn't include you. It includes Chad Johnson, Santana Moss, Hines Ward, among others, but not you.

Therefore, Joe Horn, you are a first-class Jackass.

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BigGov

Joe Horn is the Torry Holt of the Tier II receivers.

Also, Santana is not a Tier II guy yet.

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celebfan

Maybe not, but Joe Horn is still a jackass.

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ironchef82

What Joe Horn did tonight is sorta amusing, but pretty dumb. Doesn't even come close to TO's antics in terms of amusement. I swear, seeing TO grab the cheerleader's pom-poms and celebrating his TD with them is definitely one of the funniest celebrations I've ever seen.

BigGov

What I hate are these unoriginal ideas.

If you want to celebrate, be original, or come up with something nice, quick, and readily duplicated.

Lambaeu Leap (still the best celebration to date)
Mile High Salute
Dirty Bird

All acceptable good celebrations.

If you go overboard, go overboard with originality.

Standing on the Dallas star
Catching a TD pass, signing the ball, and handing it to someone in the stand
Grab some pom-poms and start celebrating.

Hmm...I think I'm noticing a pattern...

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Oh, Horn is a jackass, I could have told you that before tonight, he thinks far to highly of himself.

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Spartak

Meh, I thought it was funny.

IMO giving guys 4 week holidays because they used steroids undermine the league more than sharpies or cell phones, but hey thats just me.

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The_Dude

Bah....that sounds extremely weak.

TO's celebrations are extremely cool. his celebrations are not cocky like what horn did. i havent seen this clip yet, but i'm sure i will soon.

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Kurant

Moss runs guards over with his car, that's original enough for me!

guthmund

I seen it.

Here's a link to a story about it...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...216EST0680.DTL


I won't cut and paste the whole article, but here's what I thought was amusing...

If you haven't "learned" before 32 then, brother, you ain't ever going to learn.

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cas305

I read that he told his kids to watch the game tonight, so at least he is insuring the cycle of stupidity won't be broken.

fearofmear

Have a sense of humor. IT was amusing but he messed it up in the execution of it all. He had troulbe getting it out of the goal posts. As Saints fans, we don't have much to cheer for.

lightning

Actually he should do his freakin job without all the fanfare.
It's getting really old and quite obnoxious to see sports figures primping and preeming for the fans and cameras just because they made one good play. THAT'S what they pay you to do morons!

There needs to be some guidelines like the old timers used to go by. Such as when you catch a one handed touchdown pass in the superbowl (Drew Pearson), high five your teammates and go to your sideline. When you run for 99 yards from scrimmage (Tony Dorsett), spike the ball and celebrate with your team.

Right now the rule is: If you make a tackle flex your muscles like a body builder and mug for the camera.

It's pathetic, some of these guys need a mirror installed on the oponents helmet so they can check their hair, or their eye black in between plays.

soccerchamp76

First off....Torry Holt is in Tier 1: He is #1 in receiving yards in the NFL (yes, beating Moss) and that is with Bulger as the QB.

Second off, it just wasn't funny. The signing the ball trick, that was funny. Cell-phone? Just plain stupid.

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AL9045

Works for me, I always like to see what new celebration people will come up with next.

MontanaXVI

horn is a Tier 1.5 WR hands down he is above the likes of santana moss (for now) holt has always been a 1.5 until this year he has really turned it up to a tier 1 guy

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crewsor

He's an ass, but theres lots of asses in the NFL nowdays.
I watch football to see sports. If I want to see comedy skits I'll watch Saturday Night Live. A short spontaneous celebration I can live with, choreographed idiocy is for the birds.

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archer2371

If you don't want him celebratin, don't let him score! Anyways, he is an ass, because all he talks about is himself, I this, I that, and I everything else, no props to Aaron Brooks to throwing a nice football so he could catch it. Oh and TOs celebrations aren't cocky? Does anyone remember the little Star dance he did in Texas Stadium that he got his clock cleaned for and the offending defensive player was called for unsportsmanlike conduct? TO's celebrations are very cocky.

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absorbentishe

Did anyone see his interview on the 6 o'clock Sportscenter? He proved how stupid he is, and how much of a stupid stunt it was. Michael Irving was even laughing at him. Dan Patrick couldn't get a straight answer out of the guy. I'm sure he'll get suspended for that one, plus a nice size fine.

Peetster

I'll bet he gets an endorsement deal with a cell phone company for the stunt. That will last all of fifteen minutes, if you follow my drift.

RoadRage

Until Owens pulled his little stunt with the marker, how many of you had even seen an ad for Sharpie markers? Four weeks later, Sharpie was the "Official Marker of the NFL". On Sharpie's website is a "T. O. TD Ticker". Obscurity to spotlight in 5 seconds.

Sharpie is owned by Rubbermaid. I wonder if Owens bought stock in Rubbermaid before the big hoohah. If so, he's probably laughing all the way to the bank. So who's the ass? Probably the sports' media for giving Sharpie a shit-load of free advertising.

As for Horn:


He forgot to show what brand of cellphone he had. Haslett probably isn't the only one pissed off at him, the company that was supposed to be endorsed ain't too happy with him either.

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captain

It was a classless stunt. It will continue until the NFL wants to stop it.

I heard a coach say one time " Son, when you score act like you have been there before."

I grew up watching Jim Brown-when he scored ( which was often) he threw the ball back to the official and trotted off the field. He let his playing do the celebrating. nuff said.

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BigBlueWrecking

If I were a black man, which I am not, I would be outraged at how the public now percieves young black men after the foolish actions of some athletes.

White athletes have their problems as well, so don't get me wrong. Every time I see a Kyle Turley interview I want to scream. Romo anyone? What a piece of crap that guy is.

I wish the media would not even give some of these losers the time of day. Owens and Horn are both scum. The only way to fix some of these problems is to suspend people like crazy.

djtestudo

Apparently today he said that he wasn't sorry he did it - keeping a promise to his kids and mom - but that he doesn't like the attention he's getting and so won't do anything like it again.

Make of it what you will...

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Baldrick

Huh?!? How did this turn into a black/white issue?

I very much agree! He scored a bloody touchdown, he didn't come up with the cure for cancer! I can't stand seeing someone go into celebratory posing just because they stuffed the run at the line of scrimmage. All of the flexing, preening, posing, and patting themselves on the back for doing the job they make millions for really has to stop... fast.

omega2K4

That celebration was hilarious.

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celebfan

You could fulfill that promise on the sidelines, ya know. I've seen enough NFL games to know that there are enough telephones on the sidelines to call his kids or mom or whomever. Especially since he didn't even make a call from the end zone! Look at the clip again; he just presses three buttons or so and ten pretends to talk into the phone. So what was his promise to his kids? That he'd make himself into a prima donna on national television and get fined 30,000 dollars?

Jackass.

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bparker805

IMHO... hey joe, you scored four touchdowns? wanna borrow my cell phone? nice game!

silent_jay

what ever happened to the icky shuffle that was classic the celly was pretty funny though i think terrell still wins for the sharpie.

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