Horn spent much of training camp with stitches in his left hand after a minor car accident. But he wanted to still be involved, so he went through individual drills each day, catching only with his right hand.
“It definitely helped me, all the reps I was getting in individual drills at that time,” Horn reflected Thursday. “I could only use my right hand, and when I went up in the game, it was stretching my right hand naturally, so I think it helped.”
It might not have been enough to draw audible praise from dad, who Jaycee said prefers a more intense play—”he likes physical tackles”—but the Panthers’ Pro Bowl corner is OK with that. Because he knows every lesson he’s learned from his own Pro Bowl father and every example Joe Horn set along the way can only make him greater.