“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.