How good was Joe Horn as a receiver for the Saints? Well, he’s at the top of almost every single receiving category in team history.
Most catches in a Season: Horn has had 94 catches twice, good for 2nd best in team history (Colston had 98 once)
Most yards in a Season: Horn’s yardage outputs in a season are good for numbers 1 through 4 in team history. Pretty remarkable. He has the most yards receiving in a season with 1399.
Touchdowns in a Season: Horn has the most receiving TD’s in team history in a season with 11, tied with Marques Colston.
Catches in a Career: With 523 career grabs, he’s second in team history, only behind Eric Martin.
Yards in a Career: Second to Eric Martin in team history with 7622
Touchdowns in a Career: Most touchdown receptions in team history with 50.
When you look at those kind of career numbers, there’s no question he deserves a place in the Saints’ Hall of Fame. Today, he will be formally inducted at a team luncheon. Horn was a 4 time pro bowl selection, arguably most famous for his cell phone celebration stunt on Monday Night Football that garnered national attention. Personally, I had mixed feelings about Horn for pretty much the entirety of his career with the Saints. During the Katrina season, and really any other season, he was very outspoken. He was so outspoken, he was a master at combining saying the right and wrong things, almost in the same sentence. There is no denying he was amazing on the field, and without question the best receiver in team history. Off the field, he was known for being flamboyant, thus nicknamed “Hollywood”. I was never really sure whether Horn was a great outspoken leader, or a locker room cancer. Most of the time he navigated somewhat successfully between the two. One thing you can’t really deny, though, is that he cared about the Saints and he cared about the fans. Some things went ugly in the end, and he joined the rival Falcons, which was the low point, but in his heart he was a Saint and perhaps always will be. All in all, I’m happy to see him take his rightful place in the Saints’ Hall of Fame. He was a member of the team that won the first playoff game in team history, and he was a member of the team that went to the NFC Championship game following the Katrina season. Pretty nice bookends to his Saints career if you ask me, with lots of incredible performances in between.
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