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Horton's 'Hat Trick' Helps Put the Saints on Ice
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That made Horton the first Redskins rookie to have an interception and fumble recovery in the same game since Smoot, seven years ago. Still, late in the game, defensive coordinator Greg Blache corralled Horton on the sideline and said he wanted more.
"He was like, 'Hey, I need a hat trick,' " Horton recalled. "And I looked at him like, 'What?' . . . I've never heard of that before. He explained it. It's like in hockey. I guess it's three goals or something like that."
Blache, Horton said, screamed at him on the sidelines for not knowing what a hat trick was, but he got the message and went back out on the field with about three minutes left and the Saints within one score.
"And man, in the right spot at the right time again," said Horton.
This time Brees's pass near midfield was intended for David Patten and tipped by defensive lineman Demetric Evans, winding up in Horton's arms for what he said was the first three-turnover game of his football career. The Saints never got the ball back.
And despite putting in a performance teammates said was worthy of defensive player of the week consideration, Horton wasn't willing to call this a perfect start.
"It could get better, obviously," he said. "I feel like on special teams I left some plays out on the field. I just try to be perfect every time."
