Hold On – Week 9
November 11, 2020
By Noonefromtampa
This Sunday featured another close loss to the New York Giants, five straight losses at that.
In the Giants game, WFT were called for six penalties with all accepted for 45 yards while the Giants were called for five penalties with four accepted for 40 yards.
They are averaging 4.8 penalty calls a game this season, less than 8.2 average penalty calls per game in 2019, which is a 40% reduction.
The game’s big penalty was Jabrill Pepper’s hit on Kyle Allen which resulted in Allen having his ankle dislocated and Pepper being called for roughing the passer. It was a bang-bang play, but I thought it was worthy of a disqualification call.
| 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 |
WFT holds a 55 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 |
| Total Yards | 322 | 377 | 699 |
The next chart breaks down 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 |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 |
The top 3 penalties committed are neutral zone infractions, offensive holding calls and false starts.
| Penalty | Accepted | Declined | Grand Total |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Defensive Offside | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Offensive Holding | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 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 |
The penalties committed by player:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Grand Total |
| B. Scherff | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Roullier | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 |
| L. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Ioannidis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Moses | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Sweat | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 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 | 40 | 4 | 44 |
Thru week 9, Montez Sweat, leads Washington in total calls, with six. Three other players have three calls with one declined, Morgan Moses, Brandon Scherff and Chase Roullier.
As always, you can tweet penalty questions you would like see answered to me @noonefromtampa.
Statistics source: nflpenalties.com, nfl.com