Incredible, and devastating to the Saints. I guess no other team's fans can quite appreciate this as well as us Pats fans, unfortunately.
Among the interesting aspects of this to me is the "yeah, but other teams did it too" situation. When "camera in the wrong position-gate" broke, there was a good amount of talk about that, but the lid got shut on that pretty quickly, so when the hammer came down on the Pats, any evidence implicating others was ignored/forgotten/never to be mentioned again (except by us bitter-clinging Pats fans). If my memory serves me properly, there was also some reason to believe that in addressing the Pats violation, the league destroyed evidence they may have had regarding other teams (*cough* Jets *cough*).
In this case, however, there has been a lot more publicized that this bounty practice was something Williams engaged in with the Redskins and Bills ... and yet, there is no word yet on any sanctions for any of those teams - and I'm going to guess right here that the lid will snap shut on any of that real quickly too.
Too bad, because since this story broke I've sort of hoped that this would come back to the person I think is the true culprit ... the current HC of the StLR. The last time I recall there being talk of a team putting bounties was when Buddy Ryan was coaching. There's a direct line between Buddy Ryan and Gregg Williams, and it runs through one individual, the person who brought Williams into the NFL in the first place. Having Fisher (back) on the Competition Committee just makes it smell even worse, from my point of view.
