Hold On – 2024 Week 2
September 20, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week 2, 413 penalties have been enforced in 132 games for 3,419 yards yielding an average of 6.45 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 17 total penalties which is over the league average at 8.5 penalties per game. They are tied for 4th most penalties along with Houston, and Denver.
The top 5 penalized team across the league are:
- Cleveland – 24
- Pittsburgh – 19
- Baltimore – 18
- Houston, Denver, Washington – 17
- Philadelphia, Green Bay, Chicago, Miami – 16
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- Offensive Holding, 88 times
- False Start, 78 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 31 times
- Defensive Offside, 24 times
- Illegal Formation, 22 times
Week 2 Summary
New York Giants – 5 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 20 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty
Washington – 10 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 69 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | N.Y. Giants | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| False Start | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Short of Landing Zone | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 10 | 5 | 15 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| N.Y. Giants | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | S. Cosmi | False Start | 2 | 0 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | ||
| N. Allegretti | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | ||
| F. Luvu | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | |
| B. Sinnott | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| N. Igbinoghene | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Lucas | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| N. Bellore | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| N.Y. Giants | J. Pinnock | Defensive Holding | 1 | 1 |
| A. Phillips | Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Nabers | Illegal Shift | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Slayton | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Gillan | Kickoff Short of Landing Zone | 1 | 0 |
Season Totals:
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| S. Cosmi | 2 | 1 |
| N. Allegretti | 2 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 1 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 1 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
Sam Cosmi signed a big contract extension but now leads the team in penalty calls.
The Commanders cannot have penalties that take touchdowns off the scoreboard; their offense is not that good yet. Austin Ekeler opened the game with a kickoff return for a touchdown that was called back for a sloppy holding call.
The Commanders also cannot keep having penalties in the red zone. They killed every red zone opportunity against the Giants with penalties all false starts which is just dumbfounding. The team was lucky to win the game on 7 Austin Seibert field goals in a once in a lifetime game score. No other team has won a game in regulation with only fields when the opposing team scored at least two touchdowns. Seiber won the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award for his performance.
Seibert set a franchise record for most field goals in a single game and is now third in most points scored in a single game behind Dick James and Larry Brown who scored 24 points in a game (four touchdowns).
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com