Hold On – 2024 Week 1

September 13, 2023

By Noonefromtampa

Through week 1, 216 penalties have been enforced in 16 games for 1,707 yards yielding an average of 6.75 penalties per team per game. Washington was called for 7 penalties which is slightly over the league average. They are tied for 13th most penalties along with Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Los Angeles Chargers.

The top 5 penalized team across the league are:

  1. Dallas – 11
  2. Cleveland – 11
  3. Green Bay – 10
  4. New Orleans – 10
  5. Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Miami, New York Giants– 9

The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:

  1. Offensive Holding, 47 times
  2. False Start, 44 times
  3. Defensive Offside, 116 times
  4. Defensive Pass Interference, 16 times
  5. Illegal Formation, 14 times

Week 1 Summary

Tampa Bay – 7 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 46 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty

Washington – 7 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 51 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty

This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:

By Penalty:

Penalty Washington Tampa Bay Grand Total
Defensive Holding 0 1 1
Defensive Pass Interference 1 1 2
Defensive Too Many Men on Field 1 0 1
Face Mask 1 0 1
False Start 0 3 3
Illegal Block Above the Waist 1 0 1
Illegal Formation 1 0 1
Illegal Use of Hands 1 0 1
Kickoff Out of Bounds 1 0 1
Offensive Holding 0 1 1
Unnecessary Roughness 0 1 1

By Unit:

Team Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Washington 4 2 1 7
Tampa Bay 3 4 0 7
Grand Total 7 6 1 14

By Player:

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
Washington E. Forbes Defensive Pass Interference 1 0
Face Mask 1 0
O. Zaccheaus Illegal Block Above the Waist 1 0
A. Wylie Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 1
C. York Kickoff Out of Bounds 1 0
Z. Ertz Illegal Formation 1 0
Defense Defensive Too Many Men on Field 1 0
C. Ferrell Illegal Use of Hands 1 0
Tampa Bay T. Palmer False Start 1 0
Offensive Holding 1 0
C. Otton False Start 1 0
A. Winfield Unnecessary Roughness 1 0
S. Dennis Defensive Pass Interference 1 0
T. Smith Defensive Holding 1 0
L. Goedeke False Start 1 0

Thoughts

Emmanuel Forbes performed a rare feat in the Tampa Bay game, when he committed two penalties on the same play.

Another unusual situation was an illegal man downfield call against Tampa Bay which was reversed by the booth official.

The officials missed an obvious facemask penalty against Tampa Bay on Austin Ekeler on a fourth quarter reception.

Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalries.com