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All I know is that we get a first down conversion or third down stop I hold my nrwath because I fullt expect to see a flag thrown by a bad ref. This game is just unwatchable now. I haven't seen a game besides the Saints in a couple of years.

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It's true. Refs CAN and more often times DO impact games in a negative way.

I'm having a hard time avoiding cynicism but in this particular season we are playing like straight up garbage. Like I said, I want to see the team perform like they should before I focus on Refs.

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Add "would be be undefeated without all the injuries" to your list.

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I watch about six games a week and the reffing is bad in most of them. It seems like there are always three or four a game where the broadcast officiating expert disagrees with the call.

That said, the Saints have the second most penalties (34) called against them in the first four games. They lead the league in defensive holding calls (7) by a decent margin. As best as I can remember these have been pretty legit. Offensive holding hasn't been too bad with only three. We are at or near the top in false starts (6), offsides (2), and unnecessary roughness (4).

These are lack of discipline penalties that are killing us.

As for PI calls, we are right at the league average with one OPI and two DPI's.

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I found something in my penalties research which needs pointed out.

2021 - 12th fewest enforced penalties
2020 - 23rd fewest
2019 - 27th fewest
2018 - 5th fewest

Makes one wonder about the accuracy of the claims in the article.

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Me too, Rugby. Now I'm turning off the Saints games because I can't keep watching this garbage.

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I zoomed the Tampa game with my brother in Seattle and he summed it up
pretty well….

“It’s tough to devote 3 plus hours of your Sunday only to watch a game you know is going to be decided by the refs. I got better things to do.”.

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That's what stopped me buying Gamepass the last 2 years.
I found myself, every Sunday night, with work the next day, in an annoyed mood because of something completely out of my control.

I got that invested in general fandom, that a Saints loss would basically ruin my whole week and if the refs were involved, I'd be miserable. I recognised that it wasn't fair to my wife and it wasn't making me happy, so I stopped buying Gamepass.

Now on Sundays, I keep an eye on NFL play by play but I do something I enjoy instead. Play video games, watch a movie, see family and friends.

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Yeah, that’s the rub.

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I really don't get how some "fans" get so stressed out over the games. I NEVER miss a game. I am what everyone who knows me knows and that is that I am the most dedicated Saints fan that they know. I can count on one hand the number of days in the past 25-30 years where I didn't wear some article of Saints apparel (I have about 20 Saints caps so it's pretty easy). I hate it when we lose, but I always enjoy being able to watch my team play ... win or lose. When we lose I never feel anger. Disappointment, yes, but never anger.

If someone let's a game anger them so badly that it affects their relationships then I suppose not watching and abandoning the game entirely is best. Sad, but I understand I suppose.

:(