Hold On – 2024 Week 2
September 27, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week three, 626 penalties have been enforced in 48 games for 7,156 yards yielding an average of 6.625 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 20 total penalties which is slightly over the league average at 6.67 penalties per game. They are tied for 14th most penalties along with Chicago.
The top 5 penalized team across the league are:
- Baltimore – 31
- Cleveland – 29
- Houston – 28
- Miami – 27
- Green Bay – 26
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- Offensive Holding, 127 times
- False Start, 119 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 49 times
- Illegal Formation, 35 times
- Defensive Offside, 34 times
Week 3 Summary
Cincinnati – 5 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 16 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty
Washington – 3 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 28 yards, gave up 1 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Cincinnati | Grand Total |
| Defensive Offside | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 3 | 5 | 8 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | Grand Total |
| Washington | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 4 | 8 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted |
| Washington | D. Brown | False Start | 1 |
| N. Igbinoghene | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | |
| Z. Ertz | False Start | 1 | |
| Cincinnati | A. Mims | False Start | 1 |
| Unnamed | Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | |
| A. Iosivas | Illegal Formation | 1 | |
| G. Pratt | Defensive Offside | 1 | |
| C. Taylor-Britt | Illegal Use of Hands | 1 |
Season Totals:
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| S. Cosmi | 2 | 1 |
| Z. Ertz | 2 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 2 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 2 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
The team and coaches did a great job of cleaning up the red zone penalty issue that plagued the team in week 2. They still had two false start penalties, but they did not impact the team too negatively. Interestingly, both penalties were not on the offensive line; instead, they were committed by Zach Ertz and Dyami Brown.
The special teams unit did not commit any penalties this week either. The long return by Austin Ekeler was not called back like his touchdown was.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalries.com