The Saints come marching in

Jokes were made by Detroit Lions' followers about Tim Tebow, the QB of the Denver Broncos, and a deeply religious man, about how Christians fared against the lions, obviously referring to the events that unfolded during the days of the Roman empire in the Colosseum. "Sometimes the Christians win, but so far -- not yet".  Yuk yuk yuk. Indeed, the Lions trounced the Broncos.

Now those same Lions will face the New Orleans Saints on their own hallowed ground. Near as I can tell, for those same people that pushed the above religious angle -- a Christian has to do something pretty special during the course of their life to become a saint. Normally, after much consideration, that honor is only bestowed on people that have been dead for a long time.

Thing is, these Saints are very much alive. They certainly slew Eli and the Giants last Monday night. Suh or no Suh, the NY Giants have every bit, if not more, as much talent and ferociousness on their defensive line as the Lions. They may as well have been lambs. The Giants also have a pretty decent defensive secondary. Drew Brees lit them up for 360+ yards and 49 points. The Lions' secondary has never been considered a strength, and what marginal talent they had has been depleted by injuries. They got so desperate, they had a back-up wide receiver playing cornerback in the latter stages of the Green Bay Thanksgiving game.

Let's face it. Blessed with a relatively easy schedule, with the exception of the Chicago Bears Monday night game at Ford Field, the Lions have defeated the weaker teams and been bounced by the good ones -- notably at home. Yet, from head coach Jim Schwartz on down, they have "swagger", people say.

Yours truly thinks when head coach Sean Payton, Brees, and the rest of the Saints get done with the Lions, it will be more like "stagger". Brees is already on a pace to break Dan Marino's all-time record for passing yards in a single season, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he puts up 400+ against Detroit. How are they going to stop it?

And maybe, just maybe, after a couple milennia, it's time for the Christians, especially those canonized, to exact a large measure of revenge on the lions for the abuses suffered long ago. It started in the Colosseum, and will finally go full circle to the Superdome.

A group of lions is called a "pride". Yet whoever heard of lions whining to zebras? This bunch does. Can't see much pride in that.

This might get very ugly for the Lions, at least on the scoreboard.

Christians win. Big time.