Hold On – 2024 Week 9
November 8, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week nine, 1,792 penalties have been enforced in 138 games for 14,459 yards, yielding an average of 6.49 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 54 total penalties, which is slightly under the league average at 6.0 penalties per game. They are 18th in the league for most penalties, tied with Jacksonville.
The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:
- Seattle – 75
- New York Jets – 72
- Cleveland – 71
- Baltimore – 69
- Houston – 68
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- Offensive Holding – 366 times
- False Start – 353 times
- Defensive Pass Interference – 150 times
- Defensive Holding – 99 times
- Delay of Game – 81 times
Week 9 Summary
New York Giants – 4 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 51 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty
Washington – 5 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 52 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | N.Y. Giants | Grand Total |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Face Mask | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Blindside Block | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| N.Y. Giants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grand Total | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted |
| Washington | D. Armstrong | Roughing the Passer | 1 |
| B. St-Juste | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | |
| M. Sainristil | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | |
| N. Allegretti | Offensive Holding | 1 | |
| F. Luvu | Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | |
| N.Y. Giants | T. Fox | Illegal Blindside Block | 1 |
| D. Slayton | Offensive Pass Interference | 1 | |
| C. Flott | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | |
| D. Davidson | Face Mask | 1 |
Season Totals
By Penalty
| Penalty | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| False Start | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Defensive Offside | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taunting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Offensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Face Mask | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Out of Bounds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 19 | 30 | 5 | 54 |
By Player
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| S. Cosmi | 5 | 1 |
| Unnamed | 5 | 1 |
| Z. Ertz | 4 | 0 |
| B. St-Juste | 4 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 4 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 3 | 1 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 3 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 2 | 1 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 2 | 0 |
| D. Armstrong | 2 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 2 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 2 | 0 |
| M. Sainristil | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| T. Biadasz | 1 | 0 |
| P. Mathis | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| J. Reaves | 1 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 1 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| J. Bates | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| J. Daniels | 0 | 1 |
| D. Payne | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
Noah Brown drew another defensive pass interference penalty which set up Washington’s first score. In the NFL, a long pass interference penalty is as good as a long completion since it is a spot foul.
Jayden Daniels looks for Noah Brown in the endzone but the Giants commit DPI.
Ball will be placed on the 1 yard line.#RaiseHail pic.twitter.com/mAid9vA22V
— Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoTWW) November 3, 2024
The most impactful penalty in the game was an offensive pass interference call on Darius Slayton for picking Noah Igbinoghene on a rub route which negated a touchdown pass to Wan’Dale Robinson. The Giants had to settle for a field goal instead, a four-point swing in the game, keeping it a two-score game instead of a one-score game.
Offensive Pass Interference on a 4th and 1 play that resulted in a TD.
Slayton ran the pick.
Correct call from the officials. #RaiseHail pic.twitter.com/lxHpoUqB0R
— Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoTWW) November 3, 2024
The addition of Marshon Lattimore should have an impact on penalties also. In 2023, he was flagged for four coverage penalties, three defensive pass interference and one defensive holding (declined). The Commanders’ core cornerback group (Noah Igbinoghene, Benjamin St-Juste, Mike Sainristil and Emmanuel Forbes) have committed eight pass interference and one defensive holding penalties in 9 games in 2024.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com