Hold On – 2024 Week 8

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October 31, 2024

By Noonefromtampa

Through week seven, 1,597 penalties have been enforced in 123 games for 12,852 yards yielding an average of 6.49 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 49 total penalties which is slightly under the league average at 6.13 penalties per game. They are 18th in the league for most penalties, tied with New England and Atlanta.

The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:

  1. Cleveland – 67
  2. Baltimore, Seattle, New York Jets – 63
  3. Houston – 56
  4. Green Bay, Carolina – 56
  5. Minnesota, Denver – 54

The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:

  1. False Start – 323 times
  2. Offensive Holding – 318 times
  3. Defensive Pass Interference – 135 times
  4. Defensive Holding – 83 times
  5. Defensive Offside and Illegal Formation – 69 times

Week 7 Summary

Chicago – 8 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 60 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty

Washington – 5 accepted penalties (2 declined) for 30 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty

This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:

By Penalty:

Penalty Washington Chicago Grand Total
Defensive Holding 0 1 1
Defensive Pass Interference 1 0 1
Delay of Game 0 1 1
False Start 2 3 5
Illegal Formation 0 1 1
Ineligible Downfield Pass 2 0 2
Unnecessary Roughness 0 2 2
Grand Total 5 8 13

By Unit:

Team Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Washington 1 4 0 5
Chicago 2 5 1 8
Grand Total 3 9 1 13

By Player:

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
Washington T. Scott False Start 2 0
J. Daniels Illegal Motion 0 1
N. Allegretti Ineligible Downfield Pass 1 0
S. Cosmi Ineligible Downfield Pass 1 0
B. St-Juste Defensive Pass Interference 1 0
Unnamed Delay of Game 0 1
Chicago K. Amegadjie Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 1
D. Wright Illegal Formation 1 0
Unnamed Delay of Game 1 0
T. Stevenson Unnecessary Roughness 1 0
T. Jenkins False Start 1 0
B. Jones False Start 1 0
T. Moore False Start 1 0
E. Hicks Defensive Holding 1 0
D. Hardy Unnecessary Roughness 1 0

Season Totals

By Penalty

Penalty Defense Offense ST Grand Total
False Start 0 13 0 13
Defensive Pass Interference 6 0 0 6
Offensive Holding 0 4 2 6
Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 4 0 4
Defensive Offside 3 0 0 3
Illegal Formation 0 3 0 3
Taunting 0 2 0 2
Illegal Block Above the Waist 1 1 0 2
Unsportsmanlike Conduct 0 0 1 1
Neutral Zone Infraction 1 0 0 1
Defensive Holding 1 0 0 1
Illegal Use of Hands 1 0 0 1
Defensive Too Many Men on Field 1 0 0 1
Face Mask 1 0 0 1
Kickoff Out of Bounds 0 0 1 1
Offensive Too Many Men on Field 0 1 0 1
Illegal Shift 0 1 0 1
Delay of Game 0 0 1 1
Grand Total 15 29 5 49

By Player

Player Accepted Declined
S. Cosmi 5 1
Unnamed 5 1
Z. Ertz 4 0
A. Wylie 3 1
N. Allegretti 3 0
N. Igbinoghene 3 0
B. St-Juste 3 0
C. Ferrell 2 1
E. Forbes 2 0
T. Scott 2 0
O. Zaccheaus 2 0
B. Sinnott 1 0
T. Biadasz 1 0
J. Bates 1 0
D. Brown 1 0
Defense 1 0
Special Teams 1 0
F. Luvu 1 0
J. McNichols 1 0
J. Newton 1 0
D. Armstrong 1 0
C. York 1 0
P. Mathis 1 0
C. Lucas 1 0
J. Reaves 1 0
N. Bellore 1 0
J. Daniels 0 1
D. Payne 0 1

Thoughts

Little things are often the difference between winning and losing in close game between good teams. This game had a number of these scenarios.

The Commanders had one touchdown nullified by an ineligible downfield pass penalty on Samuel Cosmi during a screen pass to Olamide Zaccheaus.

Another potential touchdown was ruled an incompletion when Zack Ertz was judged not to have complete control of the ball at the end of the play.

D’Andre Swift ran for a touchdown. How many penalties do you see on the play?

Here’s a closeup to help out.

The officials made up for it on this play, which left Chicago fans crying in their beers.

Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com