Hold On – Week 11
November 24, 2021
By Noonefromtampa
Washington getting two wins in a row to double the team’s win total for the season is the good news. Taylor Heinicke played well for a second straight game, but that doesn’t mean it was a flawless game overall.
The Washington Football Team had eight penalty calls this week, which up five calls from in the prior game against Tampa. The league average for the season is 6.34 calls per team in a game. In week 11, the average was 5.96 calls per team in a game. Washington continued the trend of being under the league average for the season (5.8 calls average versus the 6.34 calls league-wide) but were over the weekly average (8 versus 5.96).
League Wide Numbers
The Carolina Panthers maintains the dubious spot of being the most penalized team with 81 calls, Cleveland is second with 80 calls and Dallas is in third place with 77 calls. Washington is tied with San Francisco and Baltimore at 24th place with 58 total calls.
Dallas offensive lineman Conner Williams leads the league with 10 accepted calls, and Raiders offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood is right behind him with 9 calls. William Jackson III leads Washington with 6 calls, tying him for 15th place league-wide.
Week 10 Numbers
Game Summary:
| Team | Penalties | Yards | First Downs |
| Carolina | 7 | 65 | 3 |
| Washington | 8 | 69 | 2 |
Penalties called:
| Penalty | Carolina | Washington | Grand Total |
| Defensive Offside | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Face Mask | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Horse Collar Tackle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Penalties by Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Washington | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Grand Total | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
By Player:
| Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| B. Scherff | False Start | 1 | 0 |
| C. Holcomb | Horse Collar Tackle | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 |
| D. Jackson | Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 |
| D. Payne | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 |
| J. Burris | Unnecessary Roughness | 2 | 0 |
| J. Chin | Defensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 |
| K. Curl | Face Mask | 1 | 0 |
| K. Hudson | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 |
| M. Jordan | False Start | 1 | 0 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| Offense | Delay of Game | 2 | 0 |
| T. Larsen | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 |
| T. Moton | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 |
| W. Schweitzer | False Start | 1 | 0 |
Trends and Impacts
False starts have creeped back into the penalty mix for Washington. This is somewhat expected with so many offensive line changes – at one point Keith Ismael was subbing at center for Wes Schweitzer who was in for an injured Tyler Larsen, who had replaced the injured Chase Roullier.
Washington had three major 15 yard penalties, with Cole Holcomb, Daron Payne and Kamren Curl each picking up one. Payne’s call was a pure mental mistake where he hit the pile late and got flagged for it. The calls on Holcomb and Curl could be considered bad technique on the tackle by the player.
Both teams gave up way too much easy yards on penalties, but there were no critical penalties that impacted the direction of the game.
Overall Season Numbers
By Player:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| W. Jackson | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Young | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Schweitzer | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Seals-Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Scherff | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sweat | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Charles | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Hudson | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Apke | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. St-Juste | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Curl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. McKissic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offense | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McLaurin | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Heinicke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bates | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Way | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Gandy-Golden | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Holcomb | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Humphries | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Smith-Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Roullier | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Cheeseman | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McTyer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Leno | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Flowers | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Larsen | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Gibson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
By Penalty and Unit:
| Penalty | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| False Start | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Defensive Offside | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Roughing the Passer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive Holding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Face Mask | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Offensive Pass Interference | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Illegal Touch Kick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clipping | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taunting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Low Block | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Horse Collar Tackle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Double Team Block | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Forward Pass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 24 | 24 | 10 | 58 |
Week to Week:
| Row Labels | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | Grand Total |
| False Start | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Offensive Holding | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Defensive Offside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Roughing the Passer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Face Mask | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Offensive Pass Interference | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Illegal Touch Kick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clipping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Low Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Horse Collar Tackle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Double Team Block | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Forward Pass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 58 |
The most common penalties committed by Washington during the season have been false start with 11 calls, offensive holding with 10 calls, and defensive pass interference with 7 calls. The offense and defense have an equal number of penalties at 24.
As always, if you have any questions on penalties, please post them in the comments section or hit me up on Twitter @noonefromtampa.