Hold On – Week 15
December 23, 2020
By Noonefromtampa
Washington’s winning streak was stopped at four games, but with the Giants losing to the Cardinals, the Washington Football Team retained first place in the NFC East.
The penalties were pretty straightforward this week and all but one at the end of the game were accepted. The WFT offense and defense continue to have the same issues as prior weeks, false starts for the offense and offside/encroachment for the defense.
The penalties in this game were:
| Team | Called | Accepted | Offset | Yards | First Downs |
| Washington | 7 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| Opponent | 4 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
Game Breakdown of accepted calls:
| Penalty | Opponent | Washington | Grand Total |
| Defensive Offside | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 6 | 10 |
A roughing the passer call the extended the drive in which Peyton Barber scored the short touchdown run. That was probably the most significant penalty call in the game.
The season breakdowns through week 13.
| 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 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
WFT holds a 18 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 |
| 9 | 45 | 40 | 85 |
| 10 | 58 | 55 | 113 |
| 11 | 49 | 31 | 80 |
| 12 | 53 | 45 | 98 |
| 13 | 62 | 45 | 107 |
| 14 | 30 | 35 | 65 |
| 15 | 41 | 45 | 86 |
| Total Yards | 615 | 633 | 1,248 |
Next, 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 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 30 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 6 |
The top penalties committed by WFT are offensive holding calls, false starts, delay of game, neutral zone infractions and defensive offsides:
| Penalty | Accepted | Declined | Offset | Grand Total |
| Clipping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Holding | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Defensive Offside | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Delay of Game | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Disqualification | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Encroachment | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Facemask | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| False Start | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Horse Collar Tackle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Illegal Double-Team Block | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Motion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Touch Kick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Offensive Holding | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Offensive Offside | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Pass Interference | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Roughing the Passer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Taunting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Too Many Men on Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
The penalties committed by player this season are as follows:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offset | Grand Total |
| B. Scherff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Lucas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C. Roullier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Sims | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Young | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Everett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Inman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Payne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Sharpe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Defense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Christian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Bostic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. McKissic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Moreland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Smith-Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Curl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Fuller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Hudson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| K. Pierre-Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Ioannidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Moses | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Sweat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Offense | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| R. Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Darby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Kerrigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Apke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Hemingway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| T. McLaurin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Settle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| W. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| W. Schweitzer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 78 | 9 | 1 | 88 |
Thru week 15, your top most penalized players are: Montez Sweat, with 9 penalty calls, all accepted; the offense with 7 calls (delay of game), all accepted; Morgan Moses with 5 calls, 4 accepted; Logan Thomas, Jimmy Moreland and Khaleke Hudson have four penalties calls all accepted; while Chase Young and Chase Roullier has four calls with three accepted.
As always, you can tweet penalty questions you would like see answered to me @noonefromtampa.
Statistics source: nflpenalties.com, nfl.com