For one of the very few times over the last few years, the Patriots were favored going into their game against the Saints on Sunday, and although they didn't play nearly as well as they did in Buffalo a week ago, they managed to get the win and keep their winning streak going.
It wasn't easy, however, because the NFL officials on duty for the game seemed motivated to make it nearly impossible for the Patriots to move down the field.
It's not ideal to blame the referees for a loss or any bad call/no-call, but their work in the Patriots' game this week was so egregious that even NFL analysts and insiders were commenting on it.