As much as I love my Saints

BCK30 said

I hear you but the Saints didn't deserve to win this game. Our offense is too predictable and some of the penalties were warranted. Our DB's just can't seem to cover downfield without pulling or grabbing. Too bad we can get those because we're unable to push the ball downfield.

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Our team can be playing poorly and also be subject to unfair officiating. There is no excuse for unfair officiating. It's not even bad officiating because at least the BS calls would go both ways. That hasn't been the case for the last few years....but especially so far this season.

Most teams will play games pretty close and officiating influence is all that is needed to swing a game 1-2 scores one way or another. The Saints didn't play well enough to blow the Packers out tonight but they played well enough to keep the game close....the difference maker was crucial calls made at the right times. Crosby didn't have enough on that FG kick to cover the additional penalty yards that should have come on Roger's intentional grounding the play before. There should have been OPI called on one of their TDs...which would have likely resulted in a FG instead. They were going to give GB the 1st down on a 4th down play that didn't get anywhere near the marker....and we had to use a challenge flag to get it right...stuff like that.

Because the Saints have seemingly been playing so far below their talent level maybe they didn't deserve to win....but they sure could have if the game were called fairly. That is the point.