Hold On – Week 6, 2022
[EDITOR’S NOTE: We had to catch up on Hold On columns as a result of last week’s Thursday Night game. This is why we’ve run two in a row.]
October 19, 2022
By Noonefromtampa
Washington continued its three-week run of committing mental errors that resulted in easily avoided penalties. Only the Commanders could have too many men on the field, twelve players, and still give up a touchdown.
Through week 6 of games, 1,137 penalties have been enforced in 94 games yielding an average of 6.05 penalties per team per game. Washington had been called for 32 penalties across 5 games for an average of 6.5 penalties per game which is over the league average.
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- False Start, 220 times
- Offensive Holding, 195 times
- Defensive Holding, 93 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 89 times
- Delay of Game, 72 times
Game Summary
Chicago – 4 accepted penalties for 42 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty
Washington – 7 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 36 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Row Labels | Chicago | Washington | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| False Start | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 7 | 11 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Chicago | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Washington | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Grand Total | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Chicago | J. Johnson | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 |
| K. Gordon | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | |
| Offense | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 | |
| L. Borom | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | |
| Washington | Defense | Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 1 |
| Offense | Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | |
| Delay of Game | 1 | 0 | ||
| C. Holmes | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Sims | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| B. St-Juste | Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Allen | Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 |
Game Impactors
The biggest impact from penalties were the two defensive pass interference calls against Chicago inside the two minute warning at the end of the first half. The 32 yards in penalties moved the ball into field goal range and help to break a 0-0 tie before halftime.
Most of the rest of the penalties were more self-destructive rather than impactful. Examples of them were penalties of third and short then failing to convert in the third and more situation. I don’t remember seeing a game with two defensive too many men on the field penalties called on the same team and on one of those plays, the opponent scores a touchdown. On defense, committing a penalty that gives the opponent an automatic first down after stopping them doesn’t help win games. You can’t give good teams second chances like that; they will make you pay for it. Luckily this week the Commanders played the Bears.
Yearly Totals
By Player:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offsetting |
| C. Wentz | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Offense | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| B. St-Juste | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Sweat | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Leno | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Wildgoose | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Norwell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Fuller | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Charles | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Newell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Holcomb | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Obada | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Forrest | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. McCain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| False Start | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Intentional Grounding | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Illegal Contact | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive Holding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 14 | 23 | 2 | 39 |
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com
Pingback: Hold On – Week 6, 2022 - Commander Fans