If the refs aren’t overwhelmingly biased against the Saints, please explain this:

I don't think there is a Goodell- or Riveron-led conspiracy against the Saints. But I do think it's not simply conspiratorial thinking to say there is an officiating imbalance or bias (unconscious or not) against the Saints at least since the no-call. And I don't think it's all officials, but there does seem to be something going on. Your analysis seems to bear that out, SaintsFanatic. I think, though, that it's more than just a matter of 30 yards per game, which on the face of it doesn't seem like a big deal. It's the crucial questionable calls that extend drives for the opponent, or kill drive for us, leading for points against or preventing us from getting in a rhythm and scoring, particularly if the penalty comes at a key point in the game where we could jump ahead early or seize the momentum if not for the penalty. Also, there is a particularly odd disparity between penalties against and for in the games where we played the two marquee clubs this year from the NFC (Green Bay) and AFC (KC). GB got flagged for only 2 penalties for 10 yds, whereas we were flagged for 8 for 83. KC got flagged for 5 penalties for 54 yds, whereas we got flagged for 10 for 93. Those two teams were really that much more disciplined than us, particularly GB?