The former New Orleans Saints wide receiver Joe Horn has launched an extraordinary attacks on Roger Goodell, calling the NFL commissioner “the devil”.
Horn was speaking to the FootballGirl when he made his opinion on Goodell clear. “Here’s what I don’t like. I don’t like what Roger Goodell is doing. He has so much power that he can almost shut people down,” said Horn.
“I just don’t like him. And I don’t like that on draft day these kids don’t know that they’re hugging the devil. I hate to see kids that are lost and then happy but they really don’t know that the man they’re hugging will rip their throat apart.
“If he has an opportunity to take money from them, or there’s a situation where they’re guilty before they go to court, he’ll rip them apart. And there’s nothing no one can do about it. If the owners are happy with Roger Goodell, the fans, the media, no one can take his job from him. I hate it.”
Horn also defended Tom Brady, who was suspended for his part in the Deflategate scandal. Horn insisted that Brady was the wrong target though. “I’m not mad at Tom … who I’m mad at, who I do disrespect and who should be suspended for a year, it should be his head coach because he knows what everyone is doing.”
Horn was named to the Pro Bowl four times during his career with the Saints, and is a member of the team’s Hall of Fame.
Via TheGuardian/BusinessInsider