Why Don’t The New Orleans Saints Give Greg Paulus a Contract Now?

Back in April 2009, the Green Bay Packers offered Greg Paulus a tryout with the team.

Then on May 14, 2009, Paulus announced that he would play college football for the Syracuse Orange. He played decent, throwing for 2,025 yards with 13 touchdowns. and 14 interceptions.

Besides a college quarterback rating of over 132, if it were an NFL quarterback rating, it would be a 82.9 rating with 67 percent of his passes completed.

After completing the year of college, the 6’1″ 180-pounder was offered a tryout by the New Orleans Saints back in May. A contract was never offered.

Now Paulus will be given another shot as he was invited to the Saints’ mini-camp about a week ago.

“He’s a smart player, obviously going to Duke,” tight end Jimmy Graham told the Associated Press. “He hasn’t necessarily had as much time as the rest of us with the offense, but he catches on quick and is definitely a good football player. Anybody that gets him, or if he stays here, has a smart quarterback.”

I really hope the Saints offer him a contract. Actually, once it all goes down, the Saints should just sign him to a contract. Just give him one already.

How about right now?

You’re never going to see someone who has almost as natural talent in football and basketball than Greg Paulus does.

He played great in college with the Duke Blue Devils and showed he can play some football, too, when he played with the Orange.

“All I’ve heard is great things about Greg,” Drew Brees said. “Had he had three more years of college football, who knows what the possibilities are? From everyone I talk to, it seems like this guy has a lot of great leadership abilities and some natural talent.

“Unfortunately in this league, coming in like he has, with the nature of the position, you get so few opportunities, so you hope that somebody can stick with you,” Brees said. “It might be here. It might not be here. But I think if he can get a chance … who knows?

Paulus used his fifth year of eligibility in college football.

I hope the Saints don’t deny him a second time around. He was the Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year back in the year of 2005. The Saints could use an excellent quarterback in Paulus.

Right now, I just want New Orleans to give him a contract.

He has a bright future ahead of him and has a lot of talent.

The Saints could use that talent.

Maybe he could be Drew Brees’ heir, you never know.

What do you guys think?

NBA Rumors: Dwyane Wade Recruiting Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh to Miami?

It seems that NBA fans are picturing a dynasty with Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade, shooting guard Joe Johnson, and power forward Chris Bosh.

Now that dream can become a reality.

But according to the Sun-Sentinel , Dwyane Wade talked to Bosh and Johnson in Los Angeles. He told the newspaper, though, that he hasn’t started recruiting yet.

“My friends are the guys that are in the league,” Wade told the Sun-Sentinel. “Some of my closest friends in the NBA happen to be certain guys that are up in this free-agent market. Yeah, it’s going to be like that. Like I said, I don’t worry about it. I smile and I keep on going with my day.

“Me and Chris have been friends since we came into the NBA. We signed with the same agent. So, we can’t eat together? It’s all good. We understand what’s going to come about from anything that goes on. But, no worries, it’s just friends eating dinner.”

People that most probably will be going to different teams will be Bosh, Johnson, LeBron James, Carlos Boozer, and Amar’e Stoudemire. And the Heat can land all of them.

The Heat can have LeBron and Bosh instead, but it may cause trouble. I actually think Joe Johnson and Chris Bosh fit a thousand times better.

Johnson probably wouldn’t mind being with a team stacked with high-quality players, since he was with one earlier with the Altanta Hawks. The Hawks are stacked with players like Mike Bibby, Jamal Crawford, Josh Smith, and Al Horford.

I think Johnson would rather go to Miami and team up with a power forward like Bosh and a superstar like Wade.

Same goes for Bosh. The Heat could send Michael Beasley and/or Udonis Haslem, or Mario Chalmers and another player/draft pick for a sign-and-trade deal to the Toronto Raptors for Bosh. The Heat have a bunch of cap space to rock free agency.

If the Heat were to bring in Bosh and Johnson, I see the starting lineup looking like this:

PG: Mario Chalmers

SG: Dwyane Wade

SF: Joe Johnson

PF: Chris Bosh

C: Jermaine O’Neal

I think Joe Johnson can make the switch to small forward because he has the size and explosiveness to do so. I also like him at shooting guard, too, because he can take advantage on other shooting guards because of his size.

So you could see the lineup like this, too:

PG: Dwyane Wade

SG: Joe Johnson

SF: Michael Beasley

PF: Chris Bosh

C: Jermaine O’Neal

Most likely, that might not happen, though. But anyways, it’s nice to see Wade talking to his friends. I see Johnson and Bosh coming.

It’s a great fit.

The Heat look like they are a step closer to creating a dynasty.