NFL odds: Horn to Dallas a non-story

OK, this much we know for sure: Falcons wide receiver Joe Horn has asked the team to trade him.

This much we don’t know: Does anyone want him?

Reportedly, the Dallas Cowboys were considering sending a late-round draft pick to Atlanta for Horn as Dallas is still dealing with the Terry Glenn issue. However, Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff said that’s not true.

"I've made no contact with Dallas or they with me," Dimitroff said.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones also shot down the rumors as speculation.

“Yeah, that's not correct," Jones said. "I haven't expressed any interest there and haven't evaluated him. That's just not correct."

Jones has been frustrated in his attempts throughout the offseason to acquire a veteran wide receiver option other than Glenn, who is at odds with the Cowboys over attempts to sign him to a contract that would reduce his salary by $1.2 million if he reinjures the right knee that caused him to miss 15 games last season."We're having to sit down here and look at what I should be looking at, is how he fits and what we can do with him as a player for this year. That's what this is all about," Jones said of Glenn.

As for a veteran wide receiver being added to the fold, Jones said that's not in the plans because of the talks with Glenn. Also, the younger receivers, Sam Hurd and Miles Austin, are gaining the coaches’ confidence in their abilities to get it done on the field.

Dallas reportedly tried to acquire a big-name receiver (Roy Williams, Anquan Boldin) via trades during the spring but was rebuffed.

The Falcons, meanwhile, don’t want to pay Horn’s $2.5 million salary this season, nor should they, really, since the guy is 36 and hasn’t had a 1,000-yard season in four years. He averaged 1,257 receiving yards from 2000 through 2005 but only 525 yards the past three seasons. Injuries cut into his 2006 with New Orleans and last year in Atlanta.

While Horn started 12 games, he began taking a backseat to Roddy White (83 catches) and Laurent Robinson (37 catches), and then found himself running behind those two guys during minicamp. Expect him to be released.

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