Hold On – 2024 Week 6
October 18, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week six, 1,210 penalties have been enforced in 92 games for 9,891 yards yielding an average of 6.58 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 36 total penalties, which equates to the league average of 6.00 penalties per game. They are 17th in the league for most penalties, tied with Atlanta, New Orleans, and Tampa Bay.
The top 5 penalized team across the league are:
- Houston – 51
- Cleveland, NY Jets – 50
- Baltimore, Seattle, Dallas – 47
- Green Bay – 45
- Pittsburgh – 43
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- False Start, 238 times
- Offensive Holding, 235 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 104 times
- Defensive Holding, 67 times
- Illegal Formation, Unnecessary Roughness, 55 times
Week 6 Summary
Baltimore – 3 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 46 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty
Washington – 6 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 33 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Baltimore | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| False Start | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 6 | 3 | 9 |
By Unit:
| Row Labels | Defense | Offense | Grand Total |
| Washington | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Baltimore | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 5 | 9 |
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 | 5 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 3 | 1 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 3 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 2 | 1 |
| B. St-Juste | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 2 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 2 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 2 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 1 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| J. Reaves | 1 | 0 |
| D. Armstrong | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
The Washington Commanders played a close game against a good team, which is something that has not happened for a while. The defense had about 5 or 6 plays they gave up which impacted the game, but the penalty calls and non-calls also impacted the game.
The defensive pass interference call on Benjamin St-Juste was flagrantly bad, as the offensive player essentially slipped and fell to the ground;
THE #COMMANDERS VS. REFS GAME HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH.
Baltimore has gotten away with five obvious penalties, that has gone against Washington.
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— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 13, 2024
In a close game, it is the little things that will put you on the losing side of the score, such giving up first downs on penalties when the defense should be getting the stop on third down.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com