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

A view from the outside; the deeper the Saints manage to go into the playoffs, the more eyeballs are on the games to be played. With more eyeballs on the their game and the officiating, the more difficult it would be for the refs to “influence” the action with timely penalties or a lack-of timely penalties. I believe the league would become desperate to avoid such scrutiny especially if they have been pushing a narrative; i.e. GB v. KC.

Given that thought and the solid foundation & all the points of this thread....

The league would best serve itself to eliminate the Saints from the payoff bracket sooner rather than later.