Hold On – Week 5
October 13, 2023
By Noonefromtampa
Through week 5 of games, 970 penalties have been enforced in 78 games yielding an average of 6.23 penalties per team per game. Washington had been called for 26 penalties across 5 games for an average of 5.2 penalties per game which is slightly under the league average. They are tied for 23rd most penalties along with Atlanta, New York Jets, and Los Angeles Chargers.
The top 5 penalized team across the league are:
- Carolina – 41
- Denver – 37
- New Orleans & Arizona – 36
- Dallas – 35
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- False Start, 196 times
- Offensive Holding, 180 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 84 times
- Unnecessary Roughness, 57 times
- Defensive Holding, 51 times
As of week 5, unnecessary roughness is being called 28.1% more over the 2022 season when looking at the count per game stat. This is the largest percentage increase so far this season.
Week 5 Summary
Chicago – 3 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 35 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty
Washington – 1 accepted penalty (2 declined) for 5 yards, gave up zero first downs via penalty
Thoughts
Penalties were not an impact in the game – D.J. Moore catching 8 passes for 230 yards and scoring three touchdowns was impactful.
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Chicago | Washington | Grand Total |
| Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| False Start | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Chicago | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Chicago | J. Carter | False Start | 1 | 0 |
| T. Stevenson | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Robinson | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Edmunds | Illegal Contact | 0 | 1 | |
| Washington | Offense | Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 |
| B. Pringle | False Start | 1 | 0 |
Season Total:
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| A. Wylie | 2 | 1 |
| C. Young | 2 | 0 |
| N. Gates | 2 | 0 |
| J. Davis | 2 | 0 |
| J. Bates | 2 | 0 |
| K. Fuller | 1 | 1 |
| Offense | 1 | 1 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| C. Leno | 1 | 0 |
| J. Dotson | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 1 | 0 |
| C. Holmes | 1 | 0 |
| D. Mayo | 1 | 0 |
| L. Thomas | 1 | 0 |
| J. Martin | 1 | 0 |
| S. Charles | 1 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 1 | 0 |
| M. Sweat | 1 | 0 |
| B. Pringle | 1 | 0 |
| B. St-Juste | 1 | 0 |
| J. Smith-Williams | 0 | 1 |
| K. Curl | 0 | 1 |
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com