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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Joe Horn says he wants to leave the team. As a matter of fact, Horn wants out so bad that he’s considering giving up part of the $2.5 million he’s guaranteed to stack from the base salary he’s owed.



“I’m even contemplating giving some money back to further this thing along,” the disgruntled wide receiver said Tuesday. “I’m ready to get it solved and move on. The longer I stay here, the worse it’s going to get.”


Horn’s agent, Ralph Vitolo, said he communicated with Horn via text message and that he spoke with Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff on Tuesday, but the issue of Horn forfeiting money wasn’t broached. Vitolo said he is open to restructuring Horn’s contract only to facilitate a trade.


Horn, 36, said earlier this summer that he wanted to be traded because he felt the team’s approach under new GM Dimitroff and first-year coach Mike Smith is to use younger players as part of a rebuilding process. Horn said he felt younger receivers, such as second-year player Laurent Robinson and rookie Harry Douglas, were moved ahead of him on the depth chart and that the Falcons are keeping him as a “just-in-case” player.


Sounds like the good ole Dirty Birds are pulling an out with the old, in with the new type stunt here. Horn signed with the Falcons last season as a free agent. We’ll see what happens!