The Football Beat

?WORD ASSOCIATION
With Pro Bowl wideout Joe Horn (left) of the Saints

SI: Motivation.

Horn: My family and my fools—the ones who doubt me. Like the Chiefs. If they had hung on to me, they would have had the most dangerous receiving trio in the league—me, Derrick Alexander and Tony Gonzalez.

SI: Flying.

Horn: I can't stand getting on a plane. I have to take muscle relaxants. I was totally in awe of going to the Pro Bowl last year, but that flight to Hawaii? If I had 120 catches every year and never was picked for the Pro Bowl again, I'd be happy.

SI: St. Louis Rams.

Horn: Overrated. Isaac Bruce, Kurt Warner, Torry Holt, Marshall Faulk—that's it. That's all they have.

SI: Rams-Saints rivalry.

Horn: I don't see it as a rivalry. In a rivalry you go back and forth. I win one, you win one. We've beaten them three of the last four. They've got to do better than that to be our rivals.

SI: NFL fines.