Hold On – Week 2

September 22, 2021

By Noonefromtampa

What more could I hope, right? A game decided by a penalty call is just perfect for this column.

Watching the video clips that our good friend Mark Bullock posted on Twitter, it’s either offsides or a neutral zone infraction. Whoever on the New York Giants that doesn’t think there was a “real” penalty needs to look at the video again.

For seemingly the first time against an NFC East opponent, Washington got a game-deciding break to go its way and that led to a game winning kick by Dustin Hopkins after the penalty.

Overall, it was a game full of mistakes categorized by twenty penalties committed by both teams.

Week 2 Numbers

Game Summary:

Team	Penalties	Yards	First Downs
New York Giants	11	81	4
Washington	9	80	4

Penalties called:

Penalty	Opponent	Washington	Grand Total
Defensive Holding	1	1	2
Defensive Offsides	1	0	1
Defensive Pass Interference	1	2	3
False Start	4	1	5
Illegal Double Team Block	0	1	1
Ineligible Downfield Pass	1	0	1
Neutral Zone Infraction	1	1	2
Offensive Holding	2	1	3
Roughing the Passer	0	1	1
Unnecessary Roughness	0	1	1
Grand Total	11	9	20

Penalties by Unit:

Team	Defense	Offense	ST	Grand Total
Giants	4	6	1	11
Washington	5	2	2	9
Grand Total	9	8	3	20

By Player:

Player	Penalty	Accepted
C. Young	Neutral Zone Infraction	1
	Roughing the Passer	1
T. Apke	False Start	1
W. Jackson	Defensive Pass Interference	1
L. Ryan	Offensive Holding	1
A. Thomas	False Start	2
S. Cosmi	Offensive Holding	1
	Unnecessary Roughness	1
C. Board	Offensive Holding	1
L. Collins	Defensive Holding	1
J. Patterson	Illegal Double Team Block	1
B. Price	False Start	1
	Ineligible Downfield Pass	1
K. Fuller	Defensive Pass Interference	1
J. Bradberry	Defensive Pass Interference	1
	Defensive Holding	1
N. Solder	False Start	1
L. Carter	Neutral Zone Infraction	1
D. Lawerence	Defensive Offsides	1

Trends

What was better for Washington were the calls for false start/delay of game and defensive offsides/neutral zone infractions, with only 2 total calls for these simple mistakes.

Game Impactors

1. The 58 yard touchdown run by Daniel Jones that was nullified by the offensive holding call on C.J. Board. The Giants had to settled for a field goal.
2. On 3^rd and 13, Kendall Fuller committed defensive pass interference, giving the Giants a first down. They went on to score a touchdown on that series.
3. Samuel Cosmi was called for offensive holding on third down and seven. Washington only gained six yards on the play and would have been left with a 4^th and 1 decision. However, with a 3^rd and 17, Taylor Heinicke scrambled and only gained one yard on the play. Washington settled for a field goal to cut the Giants lead to 3 points.
4. The defensive offside penalty on Dexter Lawrence with time expired allowed Washington to re-try the field goal attempt that Dustin Hopkins converted.

Season Numbers

By Player:

Player	Accepted	Offset
C. Young	3	0
S. Cosmi	2	0
T. Apke	2	0
B. Scherff	2	0
W. Jackson	2	0
A. Humphries	1	0
C. Cheeseman	1	0
L. Collins	1	0
J. Patterson	1	0
K. Fuller	1	0
A. Gibson	0	1
J. Smith-Williams	1	0

By Penalty and Unit:

Penalty	Defense	Offense	ST	Grand Total
Offensive Holding	0	2	1	3
Neutral Zone Infraction	3	0	0	3
Defensive Pass Interference	3	0	0	3
False Start	0	1	2	3
Roughing the Passer	1	0	0	1
Unnecessary Roughness	0	1	0	1
Clipping	0	1	0	1
Defensive Holding	1	0	0	1
Illegal Double Team Block	0	0	1	1
Grand Total	8	5	4	17

Week to Week:

Penalty	1	2	Grand Total
Clipping	1	0	1
Defensive Holding	0	1	1
Defensive Pass Interference	1	2	3
False Start	2	1	3
Illegal Double Team Block	0	1	1
Neutral Zone Infraction	2	1	3
Offensive Holding	2	1	3
Roughing the Passer	0	1	1
Unnecessary Roughness	0	1	1
Grand Total	8	9	17