Hold On – Week 7, 2024
October 25, 2024
By Noonefromtampa
Through week seven, 1,394 penalties have been enforced in 107 games for 11,346 yards yielding an average of 6.51 penalties per team per game. Washington has been called for 44 total penalties which is slightly under the league average at 6.29 penalties per game. They are 15th in the league for most penalties, tied with New England and Tampa Bay.
The top 5 penalized teams across the league are:
- Cleveland – 60
- Baltimore, Houston – 56
- NY Jets – 55
- Green Bay – 53
- Seattle – 52
The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:
- False Start, 275 times
- Offensive Holding, 271 times
- Defensive Pass Interference, 119 times
- Defensive Holding, 75 times
- Defensive Offside, 66 times
Week 7 Summary
Carolina – 6 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 59 yards, gave up 4 first down via penalty
Washington – 8 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 55 yards, gave up 0 first downs via penalty
This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:
By Penalty:
| Penalty | Washington | Carolina | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Offensive Holding | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Grand Total | 8 | 6 | 14 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Carolina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Grand Total | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | Z. Ertz | False Start | 2 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | |
| Defensive Offside | 0 | 1 | ||
| J. Bates | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Cosmi | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 | |
| P. Mathis | Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Biadasz | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Wylie | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| Carolina | C. Smith-Wade | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | ||
| M. Haynes | Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Lewis | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 | |
| L. Johnson | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Jackson | Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 |
Season Totals
By Penalty
| Penalty | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| False Start | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Defensive Offside | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Taunting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Face Mask | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Out of Bounds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 14 | 25 | 5 | 44 |
By Player
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| Unnamed | 5 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 4 | 1 |
| Z. Ertz | 4 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 3 | 1 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 3 | 0 |
| C. Ferrell | 2 | 1 |
| N. Allegretti | 2 | 0 |
| B. St-Juste | 2 | 0 |
| E. Forbes | 2 | 0 |
| O. Zaccheaus | 2 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 1 | 0 |
| Special Teams | 1 | 0 |
| C. Lucas | 1 | 0 |
| J. Reaves | 1 | 0 |
| N. Bellore | 1 | 0 |
| J. Bates | 1 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 1 | 0 |
| D. Armstrong | 1 | 0 |
| T. Biadasz | 1 | 0 |
| P. Mathis | 1 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 1 | 0 |
| C. York | 1 | 0 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
The team still commits too many mental mistake-type penalties like false starts and lining up offsides. Against a not very good Carolina team they don’t matter so much. Against top tier teams, little things can be the difference between winning and losing.
Sources: nfl.com, nflpenalties.com