Hold On – Week 7
October 28, 2020
By Noonefromtampa
A Dallas week victory is a great feeling that doesn’t happen often enough.
In the Cowboys game, WFT were called for five penalties with four accepted for 30 yards while the Cowboys were called for eight penalties with six accepted for 49 yards.
Washington is averaging 5.3 penalty calls a game, less than the 8.2 average penalty calls per game in 2019.
The game’s big penalty was Jonathan Bostic’s flagrant hit on Andy Dalton which resulted in Dalton being concussed and Bostic being disqualified. If you want to hit a sliding quarterback, you certainly don’t do it in the blatant way Bostic did. The other interesting call was illegal contact on Trevon Diggs. It was interesting because the contact did not stop Terry McLaurin from scoring a 52-yard touchdown against Diggs.
| Washington | Opponent | |||||
| Week | Accepted | Declined | Offset | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
WFT holds a 60 yard edge over their opponents in total penalty yards.
| Week | Washington | Opponent | Total Yards |
| 1 | 55 | 20 | 75 |
| 2 | 42 | 97 | 139 |
| 3 | 40 | 50 | 90 |
| 4 | 20 | 30 | 50 |
| 5 | 40 | 60 | 100 |
| 6 | 50 | 30 | 80 |
| 7 | 30 | 50 | 80 |
| Total Yards | 227 | 337 | 614 |
This is the break down of the accepted penalties by unit:
| Washington | Opponent | |||||
| Week | Defense | Offense | Spec Tms | Defense | Offense | Spec Tms |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
The top 3 penalties committed are neutral zone infractions, offensive holding calls and false starts.
| Penalty Type | Accepted | Declined | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Offside | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Disqualification | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Encroachment | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| False Start | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Horse Collar Tackle | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Double-Team Block | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Motion | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Touch Kick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 3 | 3 | |
| Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Offensive Holding | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Offensive Offside | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Pass Interference | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Roughing the Passer | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Taunting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 34 | 4 | 38 |
Penalties committed by player are as follows:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Grand Total |
| B. Scherff | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Roullier | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Sims | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Young | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Everett | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Inman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Payne | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Bostic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. McKissic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Fuller | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Hudson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Collins | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Ioannidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Moses | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Sweat | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Offense | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Kerrigan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Apke | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. McLaurin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Settle | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| W. Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 34 | 4 | 38 |
Thru week 6, Montez Sweat leads the team in total calls with 4. Nine other players have 2 calls. Daron Payne, Landon Collins, Deshazor Everett and Khaleke Hudson have two calls accepted.
As always, you can tweet penalty questions you would like see answered to me @noonefromtampa.
Statistics source: nflpenalties.com, nfl.com