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Originally Posted by bobbything
Edit: I don't buy into all the conspiracy stuff below, but I do firmly believe that officials are influenced, to a degree, by narrative.
Yankees make the World Series after 911
Saints win the Super Bowl after Katrina.
Boston wins the World Series after the marathon bombing
Houston wins the World Series after Harvey flooding.
Rams make the Super Bowl after major wild fires and turned around a bad franchise 3 years after moving to a major tv market.
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The best narrative this year was Brees finally getting back and winning one more title.