Horn hams it up with cellphone celebrations

Joe Horn had just caught his second touchdown pass of the game, and wanted nothing more than to talk to his family. So he tried to call them -- from the end zone.

"I had told my kids to be at home, watching the game, and I told my momma, `Mom, if I score the second one, I'm going to get my cellphone out,'" Horn said.

The New Orleans receiver did just that. After catching the second of four touchdown passes in a 45-7 win over the New York Giants on Sunday night, Horn was handed a flip-phone by teammate Michael Lewis, who pulled it out from under the padding used to protect the goal post.

Horn was still wearing his helmet when he punched in numbers, put the phone to the earhole and began speaking into it for a few seconds.

It was a surprising celebration, reminiscent of San Francisco's Terrell Owens pulling a pen from his sock after scoring a touchdown against Seattle last season, signing the ball and handing it to his financial consultant seated in a nearby suite.

Just like Owens' antics, Horn's drew criticism.

"You don't do stuff like that," New Orleans coach Jim Haslett said after the game. "I know it was premeditated. I know it was national television. But you don't do it."

However, Haslett said he would not fine the receiver, who finished with nine catches for 119 yards.