Hold On – 2024 Week 1
September 13, 2023
By Noonefromtampa
Through week 1, 216 penalties have been enforced in 16 games for 1,707 yards yielding an average of 6.75 penalties per team per game. Washington was called for 7 penalties which is slightly over the league average. They are tied for 13th most penalties along with Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Los Angeles Chargers.
The top 5 penalized team across the league are:
- Dallas – 11
- Cleveland – 11
- Green Bay – 10
- New Orleans – 10
- Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Miami, New York Giants– 9
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- Offensive Holding, 47 times
- False Start, 44 times
- Defensive Offside, 116 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 16 times
- Illegal Formation, 14 times
Week 1 Summary
Tampa Bay – 7 accepted penalties (0 declined) for 46 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty
Washington – 7 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 51 yards, gave up 3 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Tampa Bay | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Face Mask | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| False Start | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 0 | 1 | 1 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Grand Total | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | E. Forbes | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 |
| Face Mask | 1 | 0 | ||
| O. Zaccheaus | Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Wylie | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 | |
| C. York | Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 0 | |
| Z. Ertz | Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | |
| Defense | Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Ferrell | Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay | T. Palmer | False Start | 1 | 0 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | ||
| C. Otton | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Winfield | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Dennis | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Smith | Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| L. Goedeke | False Start | 1 | 0 |
Thoughts
Emmanuel Forbes performed a rare feat in the Tampa Bay game, when he committed two penalties on the same play.
Another unusual situation was an illegal man downfield call against Tampa Bay which was reversed by the booth official.
The officials missed an obvious facemask penalty against Tampa Bay on Austin Ekeler on a fourth quarter reception.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalries.com