Hold On – 2024 Week 13
December 5, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week twelve, 2,489 penalties have been enforced in 195 games for 20,177 yards yielding an average of 6.38 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 78 total penalties which is slightly under the league average at 6.00 penalties per game. They are 13th in the league for most penalties, tied with Chicago.
The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:
- Baltimore – 105
- Tennessee – 100
- Houston – 95
- Seattle – 89
- New York Jets – 89
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- Offensive Holding – 490 times
- False Start – 482 times
- Defensive Pass Interference – 222 times
- Defensive Holding – 135 times
- Delay of Game – 113 times
Week 12 Summary
Tennessee – 12 accepted penalties (0 declined, 1 offsetting) for 93 yards, gave up 4 first downs via penalty
Washington – 7 accepted penalties (1 declined, 1 offsetting) for 65 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Tennessee | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Face Mask | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Illegal Blindside Block | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Roughing the Passer | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 7 | 12 | 19 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Grand Total | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| Washington | C. Lucas | Offensive Holding | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| S. Cosmi | False Start | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J. Chinn | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| N. Allegretti | Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| B. Wagner | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Davis | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Z. Ertz | Illegal Blindside Block | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tennessee | N. Petit-Frere | False Start | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J. Baker | Face Mask | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| O. Reese | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Hooker | Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.Brownlee | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.Key | Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.Latham | False Start | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| N.Westbrook-Ikhine | False Start | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.Radunz | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.Williams | Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Season Totals
By Penalty
| Row Labels | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| False Start | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Defensive Offside | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Roughing the Passer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taunting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Encroachment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Blindside Block | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Out of Bounds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Face Mask | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Contact | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 30 | 40 | 8 | 78 |
By Player:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| S. Cosmi | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Unnamed | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| B. St-Juste | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Lucas | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Bates | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sainristil | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Biadasz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Chinn | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Coleman | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Fowler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Mathis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Daniels | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Thoughts
Noah Igbinoghene and Benjamin St-Juste are both free agents in 2025 and both are leading the secondary in committing penalties. I’m sure that will figure into whether or not they are re-signed to the roster. The good news is that neither committed a penalty this past week.
Mike Davis and Jeremy Chinn are also free agents after the season. So, expect Adam Peters to be active in free agency for veteran defensive backs.
Tennessee is one of the most penalized teams in the league and this game really showcased their ineptitude.
The games with the most accepted penalties calls this past week were Cincinnati-Pittsburgh with 20 followed by New York Giants-Dallas with 19 and Tennessee-Washington also with 19.
For our big fan from Myrtle Beach, here is one on the Commanders that was missed, another example of inconsistent officiating.
WILD: #A COMMANDERS DEFENDER NEARLY RIPPED THE #TITANS RB HEAD OFF AND THE REFS SOMEHOW DO NOT CALL A FACEMASK PENALTY.
It does not get more obvious than this.
How the hell do you miss this 😳
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) December 1, 2024
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com