Week 6 · 2025–26 season
Patriots
W 25-19 at Saints · Oct 12, 2025
Misery Index · Miserable
Patriots fans won by six, swept the refs into every sentence, and somehow sound miserable about a 3-game streak.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
A win is a win, even if Patriots fans had to wade through enough flags to spend the night accusing the officiating crew of personal grievances. D.Maye's 53-yard strike to D.Douglas and the 29-yard touchdown to K.Boutte did the heavy lifting, and his own fumble recovery off the aborted snap counted as a save. Three straight wins, and somehow the fanbase sounds more aggrieved than relieved — which feels like its own kind of tell.
What fans said
“HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEL TO GET DEFEAT THE SAINTS AND REFEREES FOR OUR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN?”
u/Vuish▲ 231joy
“Refs can fucking lick me where I fart.”
u/creambike▲ 156rage
“Fucking love it.”
u/LutzExpertTera▲ 68joy
“betting has fucking ruined sports”
u/misanthropyx▲ 86rage
“Whoever called that penalty needs to be investigated IMMMEDIATELY.”
u/Pastalover8888▲ 65rage
“Maye is starting to look like year 3 Allen already. Kid is a fucking monster.”
u/SupportstheOP▲ 46joy
14 more
“something should be said for wiping 2 tds and 120 yards of offense of the board on phantom calls not to mention missed fumbles and having to challenge a fucking player clearly landing in bounds”
u/wbcrafton▲ 44rage
“Refs should get fined for being ass and be required to do post game press conferences to explain how they're ass at their jobs”
u/shmegmer▲ 30rage
“Vrabel is the fucking man, guys. I'm loving this.”
u/xxlittlemissj▲ 30joy
“This might be the most obviously corrupt NFL game I've ever seen”
u/AcidaliaPlanitia▲ 25rage
“I’ve never been more convinced refs were actively throwing a game.”
u/Usual-Resolution-766▲ 25rage
“The refs need to be…no the league needs to be investigated with this officiating bull shit.”
u/CanYouTakeMeHyzer▲ 25rage
“Drake Maye stepping up in the pocket on 3rd and 9 while Campbell threw the block to hit Bouttee for the 1st down was chef's kiss.”
u/RunBD3▲ 29joy
“Those refs were absolute dog shit.”
u/yoshizillaa▲ 35rage
“These fucking refs are terrible”
u/awesomeme93▲ 26rage
“Fines be damned I hope Vrabel absolutely blasts the refs in his press conference. Absolute amateur shit from the whole crew today.”
u/w311sh1t▲ 21rage
“We lost a great highlight for Maye forever because of that call. Let it sink in.”
u/Clohanchan▲ 31despair
“Friggin awesome.”
u/Tgunner192▲ 31joy
“This ref squad should be suspended and investigated.”
u/Seymour_Zamboni▲ 29rage
“That was criminal. I cant rationalize it.”
u/Arthur3335▲ 28rage