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Originally Posted by chRxis

the saints will not get any respect until they win another playoff game... getting a legitimate qb and defense that isn't as porous as a sponge helps, but true validation will come with results, and to most that means a win in late january.... like it or not, to them we haven't arrived..... the media is still waiting for the other shoe to drop with this team, but we have to be determined to not let them have their moment to say "see, that's the saints that we know, back to their losing ways" or whatever they are going to say if we started losing again...

True to a degree. But I think respect is being earned in the national media week by week, and game by game.

This week Mike Golic picked the Saints to win in Pittsburg on the Friday NFL Live for example.
Joe Theismann has us tabbed as the best team in the NFC.

I think that the Saints still have more work to do. Their acid test are tough defenses. They lost to a top 5 defense in the Ravens, and had problems with others like the Panthers and with Tampa to a degree too. We need to prove that our offense can be productive, especially running the ball, against defenses that are geared to stop them.

SFIAH