Hold On – Week 4
October 7, 2020
By Noonefromtampa
The Washington Football Team was called for only two penalties this week, their best outing of the season so far. This was a decrease of three calls over week three. They are averaging 5.35 penalty calls a game, much better than the 8.2 average penalty calls per game in 2019.
This was also one of the better officiated games this season, but when you have an information technology professional as the referee, what else can you expect (yes, personal bias is showing)?
So, in week four, WFT was penalized two times for 20 yards and the Ravens 5 times for 30 yards.
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Washington |
Opponent |
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| Week | Accepted | Declined | Offset | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
WFT holds a 40-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 |
| Total Yards | 157 | 197 | 354 |
Next, below is the breakdown of the penalties that accepted 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 |
| Total | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
The top 3 penalties committed this year are neutral zone infractions, offensive holding calls and false starts.
| Row Labels | Accepted | Declined | Offset | Total |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delay of Game | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| False Start | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Horse Collar Tackle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Touch Kick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Offensive Pass Interference | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taunting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Grand Total | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
The penalties committed by player are:
| Row Labels | Accepted | Declined | Grand Total |
| C.Roullier | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C.Sims | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C.Young | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D.Inman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D.Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D.Payne | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G.Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K.Hudson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| L.Collins | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| M.Ioannidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M.Moses | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M.Sweat | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Offense | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| R.Kerrigan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T.Apke | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T.McLaurin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| W.Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 19 | 2 | 21 |
Thru week 4, Landon Collins, Montez Sweat, Chase Roullier and Cam Sims lead the Team in total calls, with 2 each. Both Collins and Sweat have had two calls accepted.
As always, you can tweet penalty questions you would like see answered to me @noonefromtampa.
Statistics source: nflpenalties.com, nfl.com