Hold On – 2024 Week 5
October 11, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week five, 1,010 penalties have been enforced in 77 games for 8,258 yards yielding an average of 6.56 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 30 total penalties which is slightly under the league average at 6.00 penalties per game. They are 16th in the league for most penalties, tied with Jacksonville.
The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:
- Houston – 47
- Baltimore – 44
- Miami – 43
- Dallas – 43
- Cleveland – 43
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- False Start, 202 times
- Offensive Holding, 199 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 79 times
- Defensive Holding, 53 times
- Unnecessary Roughness, 48 times
Week 5 Summary
Cleveland – 9 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 52 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty
Washington – 5 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 31 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Cleveland | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Offside | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fair Catch Interference | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Illegal Shift | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 5 | 9 | 14 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | Unnamed | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 |
| Illegal Shift | 1 | 0 | ||
| J. Reaves | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Newton | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Armstrong | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | |
| Cleveland | Unnamed | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 1 | ||
| D. Jones | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Wills | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Jeudy | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| Z. Zinter | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Ford | Fair Catch Interference | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Ward | Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| E. Pocic | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 |
Season Totals:
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| Unnamed | 4 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 3 | 1 |
| N. Allegretti | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 2 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 2 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 2 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| D. Armstrong | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 1 | 0 |
| J. Reaves | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 0 | 1 |
| A. Wylie | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
This was another game where the Commanders did not let penalties impact their offensive drives. Cleveland could not say the same thing though.
The left tackle combination of Cornelius Lucas and Brandon Coleman have been called for one penalty. This week they faced Myles Garrett and held him to a zero stat line. The Commanders helped the duo with chip blocks on a number of occasions, but the results were outstanding.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com