Hold On – 2024 Week 15

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December 20, 2024

By Noonefromtampa

Through week fifteen, 2,902 penalties have been enforced in 224 games for 23,708 yards yielding an average of 6.48 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 87 total penalties which is slightly under the league average at 6.21 penalties per game. They are 18th in the league for most penalties, tied with Cincinnati.

The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:

  1. Baltimore – 117
  2. Tennessee – 116
  3. New York Jets – 107
  4. Dallas – 104
  5. Seattle, Carolina – 103

The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:

  1. Offensive Holding – 574 times
  2. False Start – 560 times
  3. Defensive Pass Interference – 262 times
  4. Defensive Holding – 151 times
  5. Unnecessary Roughness – 137 times

Week 15 Summary

New Orleans – 4 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 36 yards, gave up 1 first down via penalty

Washington – 9 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 84 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty

This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:

By Penalty:

Penalty Washington New Orleans Grand Total
False Start 1 1 2
Illegal Shift 1 0 1
Illegal Use of Hands 1 0 1
Offensive Holding 4 2 6
Roughing the Passer 2 0 2
Unnecessary Roughness 0 1 1
Grand Total 9 4 13

By Unit:

Team Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Washington 3 6 0 9
New Orleans 0 3 1 4
Grand Total 3 9 1 13

By Player:

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
Washington B. Coleman False Start 1 0
Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 1
D. Fowler Roughing the Passer 2 0
N. Allegretti Offensive Holding 1 0
O. Zaccheaus Illegal Shift 1 0
D. Brown Offensive Holding 1 0
B. Robinson Offensive Holding 1 0
B. St-Juste Illegal Use of Hands 1 0
S. Cosmi Offensive Holding 1 0
New Orleans E. McCoy False Start 1 0
L. Patrick Offensive Holding 1 0
R. Payton Offensive Holding 1 0
P. Turner Unnecessary Roughness 1 0
T. Penning Offensive Holding 0 1

Washington Season Totals

By Penalty

Penalty Defense Offense ST Grand Total
False Start 0 16 0 16
Offensive Holding 0 12 2 14
Defensive Pass Interference 13 0 0 13
Ineligible Downfield Pass 0 5 0 5
Roughing the Passer 5 0 0 5
Defensive Offside 4 0 0 4
Illegal Formation 0 4 0 4
Illegal Block Above the Waist 1 1 1 3
Neutral Zone Infraction 2 1 0 3
Illegal Shift 0 2 0 2
Illegal Use of Hands 2 0 0 2
Taunting 0 2 0 2
Defensive Too Many Men on Field 2 0 0 2
Delay of Game 0 1 1 2
Unnecessary Roughness 0 0 2 2
Offensive Too Many Men on Field 0 1 0 1
Unsportsmanlike Conduct 0 0 1 1
Encroachment 1 0 0 1
Defensive Holding 1 0 0 1
Kickoff Out of Bounds 0 0 1 1
Illegal Blindside Block 0 1 0 1
Face Mask 1 0 0 1
Illegal Contact 1 0 0 1
Grand Total 33 46 8 87

By Player:

Player Accepted Declined Offset
S. Cosmi 8 1 0
Unnamed 7 1 0
B. St-Juste 6 1 0
Z. Ertz 6 0 0
N. Allegretti 5 1 0
N. Igbinoghene 6 0 0
C. Ferrell 2 2 0
B. Coleman 2 2 0
A. Wylie 3 1 0
J. Bates 2 0 1
J. Newton 3 0 0
D. Armstrong 2 0 1
C. Lucas 2 0 1
D. Brown 3 0 0
D. Fowler 3 0 0
O. Zaccheaus 3 0 0
J. Chinn 2 0 0
T. Scott 2 0 0
B. Wagner 2 0 0
B. Sinnott 2 0 0
M. Sainristil 2 0 0
E. Forbes 2 0 0
T. Biadasz 1 0 1
F. Luvu 2 0 0
N. Bellore 1 0 0
J. Daniels 0 1 0
P. Mathis 1 0 0
J. McNichols 1 0 0
J. Reaves 1 0 0
Defense 1 0 0
M. Davis 1 0 0
D. Payne 0 1 0
B. Robinson 1 0 0
Special Teams 1 0 0
C. York 1 0 0

Thoughts

The 10 penalties called by the Shawn Hochuli crew is the most since the week 2 game by the Scott Novak crew. This was the first game this season officiated by Hochuli and his crew. The Saints benefited from some “home-cooking” on the calls made by this crew.

Benjamin St-Juste played 3 snaps on defense and committed one penalty which gave New Orleans a first down, extending the series which led to a Saints field goal instead of a punt. This is a point per snap for the Saints in math terms. This continued level of play could keep St-Juste off of defensive snaps the remainder of the season. I do not expect the team to re-sign him.

 

The number of gaffes made by this officiating crew should be embarrassing to the NFL. This level of quality is unacceptable and dramatically impacted the overall game. From not ending the third quarter when the clock ran out to extending the fourth quarter by stopping the clock without cause to allow the Saints to score, it makes fans wonder what impact gambling is having on the NFL.

 

More importantly, Dan Quinn needs to impress on the young team that it needs to take advantage of opportunities during the game and to not provide the officiating crew the ability to impact a game. The missed deep throws to Terry McLaurin hurt because they would have put the game out of reach. And yes, the third one should have been defensive pass interference, and it was called that way in other games on the same Sunday by other officiating crews.

 

Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com

 

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