Hold On – Week 13 2022

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December 9, 2022

By Noonefromtampa

Washington didn’t lose again this week but then it didn’t win either. Unless your sister looks like Farrah Fawcett did back in the Charlie’s Angels days of the 1970’s, a tie just plain sucks. Rachad Wildgoose has an unusual play during the game he was called for two penalties on the same play. The offsides was declined while the holding was accepted. Wildgoose leads the team in penalty calls, with 7 calls with 6 accepted and 1 declined.

Through week 13 of games, 2,251 penalties have been enforced for 18,601 yards in 195 games yielding an average of 5.77 penalties per team per game and 47.7 yards lost per team per game. Washington had been called for 73 penalties across 13 games totaling 681 yards lost for an average of 5.6 penalties per game and 52.4 yards lost per game. The average number of penalty call is slightly under the league average while average yards lost is over by 4.7 yards a game.

The most penalized teams in the league are:

  1. Denver – 91 penalties for 788 yards
  2. New Orleans – 86 penalties for 745 yards
  3. Dallas – 86 penalties for 669 yards
  4. Arizona – 82 penalties for 648 yards
  5. Seattle – 80 penalties for 660 yards

The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:

  1. Offensive Holding, 424 times, 4,077 yards
  2. False Start, 421 times, 2,069 yards
  3. Defensive Pass Interference, 163 times, 2,819 yards
  4. Defensive Holding, 163 times, 775 yards
  5. Delay of Game, 120 times, 596 yards

Washington leads the entire league in defensive pass interference (11 calls) and is tied for first (with New Orleans) in illegal use of hands (5 calls).

Game Summary

New York Giants – 4 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 34 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty

Washington – 7 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 56 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty

This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:

By Penalty:

Penalty NY Giants Washington Grand Total
Defensive Holding 1 1 2
Delay of Game 1 0 1
False Start 0 1 1
Illegal Block Above the Waist 0 1 1
Offensive Holding 1 3 4
Taunting 1 0 1
Unnecessary Roughness 0 1 1
Grand Total 4 7 11

By Unit:

Team Defense Offense ST Grand Total
NY Giants 1 3 0 4
Washington 1 4 2 7
Grand Total 2 7 2 11

By Player:

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
NY Giants N. Gates Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 1
F. Moreau Defensive Holding 1 0
J. Feliciano Taunting 1 0
Offense Delay of Game 1 0
D. Bellinger Offensive Holding 1 0
Washington R. Wildgoose Offensive Holding 1 0
Defensive Offside 0 1
L. Thomas False Start 1 0
Illegal Block Above the Waist 1 0
P. Butler Unnecessary Roughness 1 0
C. Turner Offensive Holding 1 0
C. Leno Offensive Holding 1 0
K. Curl Defensive Holding 1 0

Game Impactors

The biggest factor in penalties was the inconsistent officiating in the game. There were blatant missed calls, such as when Commanders tackle Cornelius Lucas had his helmet ripped off by Giants rookie defensive lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux. There was the defensive pass interference call on Fabian Moreau that was called off. Make no mistake, the Commanders continued to hurt themselves by either committing drive killing penalties on offense or drive extending penalties on defense. In this game though, the officiating crew didn’t give any break to the Commanders.

There were a couple of key penalties to call out, the first being the Logan Thomas illegal block above the waist. That put the Commanders into a second and 16 situation and Taylor Heinicke was strip-sacked on the play creating an even longer third and 21 spot. The second was, with Washington down by a touchdown, the Wildgoose holding call which put Washington back to their won 9 yard line. Charles Leno Jr. compounded this problem getting called for holding putting the ball on the four. Washington could not convert the first and 15 situation and had to punt. Luckily, the Commanders were able to score a touchdown on their next possession to tie the game.

Yearly Totals

By Player:

Player Accepted Declined Offsetting Reversed
R. Wildgoose 6 1 0 0
Offense 5 1 0 0
B. St-Juste 5 1 0 0
C. Holmes 4 0 0 1
C. Wentz 4 0 0 0
W. Jackson 4 0 0 0
M. Sweat 3 1 0 0
A. Norwell 3 0 0 0
A. Rogers 3 0 0 0
C. Leno 3 0 0 0
N. Martin 3 0 0 0
K. Fuller 3 0 0 0
J. Ridgeway 2 0 0 0
L. Thomas 2 0 0 0
C. Sims 1 1 0 0
T. Turner 2 0 0 0
S. Cosmi 2 0 0 0
K. Hudson 1 1 0 0
Defense 1 1 0 0
C. Lucas 2 0 0 0
C. Samuel 1 0 0 0
J. Reaves 1 0 0 0
C. Turner 1 0 0 0
A. Newell 1 0 0 0
J. Dotson 1 0 0 0
J. Smith-Williams 1 0 0 0
E. Obada 1 0 0 0
K. Curl 1 0 0 0
C. Cheeseman 1 0 0 0
D. Payne 0 1 0 0
S. Charles 1 0 0 0
C. Holcomb 0 0 1 0
D. Forrest 1 0 0 0
T. Larsen 0 1 0 0
P. Butler 1 0 0 0
J. Allen 1 0 0 0
B. McCain 1 0 0 0

By Penalty:

Penalty Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Offensive Holding 0 8 8 16
False Start 0 11 1 12
Defensive Pass Interference 11 0 0 11
Delay of Game 0 4 1 5
Illegal Use of Hands 3 2 0 5
Unnecessary Roughness 2 0 2 4
Intentional Grounding 0 3 0 3
Illegal Contact 2 1 0 3
Defensive Holding 3 0 0 3
Offensive Pass Interference 0 2 0 2
Face Mask 2 0 0 2
Neutral Zone Infraction 1 0 0 1
Illegal Block Above the Waist 0 1 0 1
Illegal Double-Team Block 0 0 1 1
Defensive Too Many Men on Field 1 0 0 1
Illegal Formation 0 1 0 1
Defensive Offside 1 0 0 1
Roughing the Passer 1 0 0 1
Grand Total 27 33 13 73

The comparison of penalties across the years 2019-2022 by week.

Year to Year Comparison:

2019 2020 2021 2022
Week Count Yards Count Yards Count Yards Count Yards
1 12 96 7 55 8 57 6 63
2 6 44 6 42 9 80 2 17
3 9 61 4 40 5 38 4 48
4 12 58 2 20 6 85 11 136
5 6 72 3 40 5 37 9 71
6 6 56 8 50 6 44 7 36
7 7 47 4 30 4 50 7 54
8 4 46 0 0 4 29 3 52
9 3 15 6 45 0 0 3 26
10 0 0 6 58 3 33 5 58
11 11 66 6 49 8 69 5 36
12 8 63 5 53 4 38 4 28
13 6 65 9 62 6 47 7 56

 

Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com