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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The Tuesday Countdown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
10: Joe Horn signed an $18.5 million contract. He must be paid by the word.
9: I was standing on the sideline at Falcons minicamp Monday when I heard Horn grousing about his lack of action. Moments later, he told our Steve Wyche he wanted to be traded. It was his most productive day as a Falcon.
8: Horn will rank as one the franchise’s worst free agent signings ever. He had 27 catches last season. That’s 27 more than he’ll have this season because my guess is the Falcons will punt the guy before training camp. He’s right about not being a significant part of the game plan, but he’s wrong in thinking he should be. He’s got a starter’s ego but an old man’s legs. The Saints were smart to dump him when they did. The Falcons gave him $7.5 million in guarantees in the first two seasons. No guarantees back the other way.
7: Just went to the AJC.com cover page. There’s a link to a “Dress Carrie” page. Look, if we’re just going to throw journalism into a food processor and come out with something like this, that’s fine. But I’m making a few changes. In my game, it ain’t Sarah Jessica Parker, and it sure ain’t dressing.
6: O.J. Mayo has denied taking gifts at USC. Really, it was more like salary and incentive bonuses.
5: These allegations against Mayo come on the heels of Reggie Bush’s parents supposedly living in a home rent-free — among other “benefits” — while he was at USC. If the Trojans skate, it’s the NCAA that should be investigated. If this was Alabama, Auburn or any school in the SEC, we’d all be screaming.
4: The Celtics, who lost 10 regular season road games all year, are 0-5 on the road in the playoffs. It doesn’t mean they can’t win the NBA title. But this isn’t a team for the ages. Aged, maybe.
3: I was hoping to weigh in on “Spygate” before being wrapped up this week’s countdown. But Goodell and Walsh must be taking in a double feature.
2: SI.com and ESPN.com have both listed the Falcons No. 32 in their power rankings, which means, of course, nothing. But I figured it would be nice to give coach Mike Smith equal time. So I asked him where his team should rank. “That’s a loaded question,” he said. His answer: no so loaded. “Somebody’s gotta be ranked No. 1 and somebody’s gotta be ranked at the bottom. It’s not where you start, it’s where you end up.”
1: Question for Joe Horn: After the Saints and the Falcons tell you that you’re not good enough, where can you turn?
