Hold On – Week 3 2022

September 30, 2022

By Noonefromtampa

From a penalty perspective, we got to see a rare call in the Philadelphia game, an Illegal Blindside Block on an Eagle punt return. In 2021, there were 3,339 penalties called across 544 games. This penalty was on called 12 times last year or 0.36% of all penalty calls.

Through 3 weeks of games, 568 penalties have been enforced in 48 games yielding an average of 5.92 penalties per team per game. Washington had been called for 12 penalties across 3 games for an average of 4 penalties per game which is under the league average.

The top 5 penalty calls across the league are:

1. False Start, 113 times
2. Offensive Holding, 89 times
3. Defensive Holding, 47 times
4. Defensive Pass Interference, 45 times
5. Delay of Game, 39 times

Game Summary

Philadelphia – 5 accepted penalties (1 declined) for 52 yards, gave up 4 first downs via penalty

Washington – 4 accepted penalties for 48 yards, gave up 2 first downs via penalty

This is the summary of penalties committed by each team:

By Penalty:

Penalty	Philadelphia	Washington	Grand Total
Defensive Holding	1	0	1
Defensive Pass Interference	1	2	3
Face Mask	1	0	1
False Start	0	2	2
Illegal Blindside Block	1	0	1
Unnecessary Roughness	1	0	1
Grand Total	5	4	9

By Unit:

Row Labels	Defense	Offense	ST	Grand Total
Philadelphia	3	0	2	5
Washington	2	2	0	4
Grand Total	5	2	2	9

By Player:

Against	Player	Penalty	Accepted	Declined
Philadelphia	K. White	Defensive Pass Interference	1	0
		Defensive Holding	1	0
	J. Davis	Unnecessary Roughness	1	0
	Z. McPhearson	Face Mask	1	0
	I. Opeta	Offensive Holding	0	1
	J. Jobe	Illegal Blindside Block	1	0
Washington	R. Wildgoose	Defensive Pass Interference	2	0
	C. Leno	False Start	2	0

Game Impactors

The only game-impacting penalties occurred when the game was long out of reach for Washington. The Eagles committed two penalties on Washington’s only touchdown driver. A defensive holding penalty gave the Commanders a first down on a third down and 13 yards to go situation. Then, on the subsequent play, a face mask penalty was called on an 8-yard completion to Antonio Gibson moving the ball down the Eagles 37-yard line. Washington was able to score 7 plays later.

Miscellaneous Thoughts

Rachad Wildgoose picked up two defensive pass interference calls in the first half. He did end up playing 69% of the defensive snaps in the game, so maybe it was just nerves and poor technique.

Charles Leno picked up two false starts against the relentless Eagles pass rush. This is uncharacteristic of Leno as he had only two penalties in all of 2021 (one false start and one for holding).

Yearly Totals

By Player:

Player	Accepted	Declined
R. Wildgoose	2	0
C. Leno	2	0
K. Fuller	2	0
C. Wentz	2	0
A. Norwell	1	0
D. Forrest	1	0
B. McCain	1	0
Offense	0	1
W. Jackson	1	0
B. St-Juste	0	1

By Penalty

Penalty	Defense	Offense	Grand Total
Defensive Pass Interference	4	0	4
False Start	0	2	2
Illegal Contact	2	0	2
Intentional Grounding	0	1	1
Delay of Game	0	1	1
Unnecessary Roughness	1	0	1
Illegal Use of Hands	0	1	1
Grand Total	7	5	12