Hold On – 2024 Week 16

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December 25, 2024

By Noonefromtampa

Through week sixteen, 3,118 penalties have been enforced in 240 games for 25,423 yards yielding an average of 6.5 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 93 total penalties which is slightly under the league average at 6.2 penalties per game. They are 19th in the league for most penalties, tied with Detroit and San Francisco.

The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:

  1. Tennessee – 120
  2. Baltimore – 119
  3. New York Jets – 115
  4. Seattle – 114
  5. Carolina – 112

The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:

  1. Offensive Holding – 609 times
  2. False Start – 602 times
  3. Defensive Pass Interference – 281 times
  4. Defensive Holding – 156 times
  5. Unnecessary Roughness, Delay of Game – 150 times

Week 16 Summary

Washington – 6 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 93 yards, gave up 5 first downs via penalty

Philadelphia – 10 accepted penalties (2 declined) for 91 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty

This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:

By Penalty:

Penalty Washington Philadelphia Grand Total
Defensive Holding 1 0 1
Defensive Pass Interference 3 0 3
Defensive Too Many Men on Field 0 1 1
Disqualification 0 1 1
Face Mask 1 0 1
False Start 0 1 1
Illegal Formation 0 1 1
Illegal Motion 1 0 1
Intentional Grounding 0 1 1
Kickoff Short of Landing Zone 0 1 1
Roughing the Passer 0 1 1
Unnecessary Roughness 0 2 2
Unsportsmanlike Conduct 0 1 1
Grand Total 6 10 16

By Unit:

Team Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Washington 5 1 0 6
Philadelphia 5 3 2 10
Grand Total 10 4 2 16

By Player:

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
Washington M. Lattimore Defensive Pass Interference 3 0
D. Payne Face Mask 1 0
N. Igbinoghene Defensive Holding 1 0
T. McLaurin Illegal Motion 1 0
Philadelphia Unnamed Defensive Too Many Men on Field 1 1
C. Gardner-Johnson Unsportsmanlike Conduct 1 0
Disqualification 1 0
J. Hurts Intentional Grounding 1 0
J. Trotter Unnecessary Roughness 1 0
B. Mann Kickoff Short of Landing Zone 1 0
S. Brown Illegal Formation 1 0
M. Williams Roughing the Passer 1 0
C. Uzomah False Start 1 0
C. DeJean Defensive Holding 0 1
J. Carter Unnecessary Roughness 1 0

Washington Season Totals

By Penalty

Penalty Defense Offense ST Grand Total
Defensive Pass Interference 16 0 0 16
False Start 0 16 0 16
Offensive Holding 0 12 2 14
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
Face Mask 2 0 0 2
Illegal Shift 0 2 0 2
Delay of Game 0 1 1 2
Defensive Holding 2 0 0 2
Taunting 0 2 0 2
Defensive Too Many Men on Field 2 0 0 2
Illegal Use of Hands 2 0 0 2
Unnecessary Roughness 0 0 2 2
Encroachment 1 0 0 1
Kickoff Out of Bounds 0 0 1 1
Illegal Motion 0 1 0 1
Illegal Blindside Block 0 1 0 1
Offensive Too Many Men on Field 0 1 0 1
Illegal Contact 1 0 0 1
Unsportsmanlike Conduct 0 0 1 1
Grand Total 38 47 8 93

By Player:

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

Thoughts

The good news was that penalties were down compared to last week. The not so good news was that five of the six penalties gave the Eagles an automatic first down. It started on the first Eagles possession when Noah Igbinoghene was called for defensive holding, so instead of settling for a field goal, the drive was extended and Saquon Barkley scored a touchdown three plays later, a net +4 for the Eagles.

Marshon Lattimore was called for three defensive pass interference penalties in the game. This one was baffling since it looked like offensive pass interference instead on A.J. Brown, who was holding onto Lattimore:

Washington is now in second place for most DPIs call this season with 16, one behind the Lions and Jets who both have 17 calls. For contrast, they are in 23rd place for false starts, for which they also have 16, and 29th place for offensive holding. Counting the two field goals in the second half on drives extended by penalties, that makes the net point differential +10 for the Commanders gaffes.

To be fair, some of the calls against both teams were off throughout the game.  Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson was disqualified from the game, which had a huge impact on the Eagles defense, which had a huge impact on the Eagles defense. Both calls which led to unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and the automatic disqualification happened after plays were over and not shown live during the telecast. What viewers did see was Dyami Brown knocking Gardner-Johnson’s helmet off and not being penalized.

The Oscar goes to…. Sam Cosmi for this effort in drawing an unnecessary roughness penalty on Jalen Carter:

Lastly, Cornelius Lucas got the Kansas City Chief offensive line benefit Sunday, when he moved a little early on the game winning touchdown pass to Jamison Crowder:

 

Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com