Hold On – Week 2, 2022
September 22, 2022
By Noonefromtampa
The Lions game was interesting that the two teams combined for a whopping three penalties for a total of twenty-two yards. With so much action on the field, one would have thought that more penalties would have been called during the game. The league average for a regular season game last year was a just a shy under six penalties per team. Another interesting point was that there were no penalties called on the defense in the game.
From a penalty perspective it was relatively a mistake-free game, although from an overall execution standpoint, not so much (at least from the Washington point of view).
Through week two, 400 penalties have been enforced in 32 games, yielding an average of 6.25 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 8 penalties across 2 games for an average of 4 penalties per game, which is under the league average.
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- False Start, 82 times
- Offensive Holding, 48 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 36 times
- Delay of Game, 28 times
- Unnecessary Roughness, 22 times
Game Summary
Detroit – 1 accepted penalty (2 declined) for 5 yards; gave up 0 first downs via penalty
Washington – 2 accepted penalties for 17 yards; gave up 0 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
Penalty | Opponent | Washington | Grand Total |
Delay of Game | 0 | 1 | 1 |
False Start | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Intentional Grounding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grand Total | 1 | 2 | 3 |
By Unit:
Team | Offense | Grand Total |
Detroit | 1 | 1 |
Washington | 2 | 2 |
Grand Total | 3 | 3 |
By Player:
Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
Opponent | Offense | Illegal Formation | 0 | 1 |
A. Pittman | Running Into the Kicker | 0 | 1 | |
P. Sewell | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
Washington | C. Wentz | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 |
C. Wentz | Intentional Grounding | 1 | 0 |
Game Impactors
There were no game impacting penalties this week. There were a couple of missed holding calls and a fairly obvious block in the back on the D’Andre Swift touchdown reception that wasn’t called.
The biggest question mark for me was when Washington declined the “running into the Kicker” penalty right before the end of the first half. With 39 seconds left in the half and the ball on Washington’s 34 yard line, accepting the penalty would have given the Commanders a fourth and one at the own 39 yard line being down by 22 points. I’m sure the thought process involved in the decision to decline wrapped around the Lions getting another field or touchdown before halftime. To this layperson, being down by 25 or 29 points is worth the risk of trying to score before halftime, especially since Washington got the ball to start the second half.
Yearly Totals
By Player:
Player | Accepted | Declined |
C. Wentz | 2 | 0 |
K. Fuller | 2 | 0 |
B. McCain | 1 | 0 |
D. Forrest | 1 | 0 |
A. Newell | 1 | 0 |
Offense | 0 | 1 |
W. Jackson | 1 | 0 |
B. St-Juste | 0 | 1 |
By Penalty
Penalty | Defense | Offense | Grand Total |
Illegal Contact | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Intentional Grounding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Delay of Game | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Illegal Use of Hands | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grand Total | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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