The red flag is that you’re trying to use innuendo to push a narrative instead of saying what you think is happening outright and supporting it with actual evidence.
To answer your inference, no, I don’t think it’s unusual that as we approach the end of a tier and the majority of people already have the gear they want that there isn’t a massive push from the people ranked below you to seize their opportunity to push past “Holybell” this week.