NOLA.com is just plain weird

Jeff Duncan's recent column on the Uncle Rico scandal has generated 586 comments on NOLA.com as of this afternoon. At first I thought, wow a lot of people are interested in this tax credit boondoggle. But then it turns out that most of it is just smack talk coming from Detroit Lions fans of all people. The Saints face the Lions in the 2009 season opener September 13. Apparently, this match-up between two teams who won a combined 8 games in 2008 (the Lions didn't win any) is a much bigger deal than anyone could have predicted. Maybe it's a Christians and Lions thing....