Hold On – 2024 Week 4
October 4, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week four, 846 penalties have been enforced in 64 games for 7,156 yards yielding an average of 6.61 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 25 total penalties which is slightly over the league average at 6.25 penalties per game. They are 19th in the league for most penalties.
The top 5 penalized team across the league are:
- Baltimore – 39
- Houston – 40
- Miami – 37
- Cleveland – 34
- Green Bay – 34
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- Offensive Holding, 174 times
- False Start, 161 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 68 times
- Illegal Formation, 42 times
- Defensive Holding, 42 times
- Unnecessary Roughness, 42 times
Week 4 Summary
Arizona – 4 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 82 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty
Washington – 5 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 49 yards, gave up 0 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Arizona | Grand Total |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Offensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taunting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | Grand Total |
| Washington | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Arizona | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Grand Total | 2 | 7 | 9 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | Unnamed | Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 |
| Offensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | ||
| J. McNichols | Taunting | 1 | 0 | |
| O. Zaccheaus | Taunting | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Cosmi | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Payne | Defensive Offside | 0 | 1 | |
| Arizona | D. Gardeck | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Pascal | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| P. Johnson | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Murphy-Bunting | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 |
Season Totals:
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| S. Cosmi | 3 | 1 |
| N. Allegretti | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 2 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 2 | 0 |
| Unnamed | 2 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 2 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 1 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 0 | 1 |
| A. Wylie | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
In week 2, Washington penalties killed drives and turned red zone opportunities into field goals. This week the Commanders had three penalties on one fourth quarter drive, but Jayden Daniels overcame them to throw a touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin that resulted in the score being 35-14, which effectively put the game out of reach. This is a much different team than the one that started the season.
Washington had two taunting penalties in the game. One was deserved, on Olamide Zaccheaus, but the second one on Jeremy McNichols was for making a bow-and-arrow movement after scoring his second touchdown of the game. NFL doesn’t stand for No Fun League for nothing.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com