Everyone gets so bent out of shape about Saints never getting mentioned alongside perennial winners in the NFL. But in their 30 year history all they've done is won a single playoff game six years ago and had the league's best defense for a few years about 15 or so years ago.
Lots of teams in the NFL win regular season games. Lots of teams in the NFL this season are in playoff position with 5 to 7 wins.
The Saints aren't special. They have never been special because they have never proven themselves to be special. We are talking about a franchise whose most memorable moment is some third stringer receiver/punt returner fumbling a football. That's a far cry from Dwight Clark's catch, the Immaculate Reception, and so on.
The Saints aren't going to get any respect and aren't going to get chatted up in the national media until they accomplish something of significance on the football field.