re: Haven't seen this level of disrespect

They're doing this to create news if the unthinkable happens. Not to "disrespect" the Saints.

You realize now that when the Saints win the game, ESPN can now make the story "OMG IT'S THE BIGGEST UPSET IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL!" If people think the Saints will win and they do win, meh. But if THEY HAVE NO CHANCE IN HELL TO WIN, and then they win.....

They do same shite with the NFL Draft. The only purpose for McShay and Kiper is to create the illusion of freefall. They say for 4 months that "they project" Blake Bortles to go third in the draft. Then when he isn't picked third and he's picked late in the first round--VOILA--they have a story. Why did Blake Bortles fall so low? How the Hell did he "fall?" Because some guy on ESPN predicted that he would go higher?