I think a better indicator of the lack of officiating bias against the Pats is the roughing the passer calls they get (i.e. while Brady is on the field).
You'd think that would be where the emotions come in (protect the GOAT!!). In stats since 2009, Brady is 23 out of 43 QBs in the table (some are now retired, like Romo and Manning) in roughing calls per game. Not even in the TOP HALF. Contrast that with the guy that whines on the weekly about all the times he's been "roughed" and there's no call (Camshaft Newton) who is eighth, and earns a "roughing the passer" penalty for his team at almost double the rate per game that Brady does.
https://www.nflpenalties.com/roughing-the-passer-by-qb.php
That is a non-story. Brady is a master of not taking direct hits, so it is hard to get roughing penalties on him when you are lucky to get a glancing blow on him.
On the flip side, Cam is terrible at avoiding contact, whether it being in the pocket or running the ball.
It is not luck why Brady is still pretty healthy for a 40-year old. And it is not a coincidence that the true pocket QBs are the guys almost never get hurt (Brady, Eli, Rivers, Brees, Ryan), while the guys who love to run around tend to get hurt or dinged more (Rodgers, Cam, Wentz, Mariotta, Luck).
As I said before, if you're convinced that the refs are all on the take, you're going to look for every possible example to support your claim. Examples to the contrary go unnoticed. People see what they want to see, and plenty want an excuse to diminish what the Patriots do.
Has anyone said the refs are "on the take"? I certainly never have. Because I don't think they are.
I think officials in just about any major sport have the tendency to make calls in favor of proven juggernauts, almost like "this team has been so good for so long and teams this good don't make many mistakes," so they get more of the benefit of the doubt on close calls than other teams do. Same thing happened with the Bulls in the 90's, the Lakers in the 80's, Duke for the last 3 decades
and the Red Wings in the late 90's/eary 00's.
When it comes to pass interference or defensive holding calls, they clearly get those calls slanted heavily in their favor (see links below), but I think a lot of that is coaching. NE WR's are clearly coached up like crazy to do things to draw PI when there isn't PI there, and shame on the officials for falling for it far too often. That is why I give Belichick mad props. He knows the mentality of officials and coaches his team accordingly.
https://www.nflpenalties.com/penalty/defensive-holding?year=2017https://www.nflpenalties.com/penalty/defensive-pass-interference?year=2017