Hold On – 2025 Weeks 1 & 2

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September 17, 2025

By Noonefromtampa

Welcome to another season of Hold On, The Hog Sty’s weekly look at penalties in Commanders games and across the league.

Week 1

The opening weekend set of games saw 240 penalties for 1,932 yards across 16 games, yielding 7.5 penalties per team per game. Washington was tied for third in most penalties in week 1.

Most Penalized Teams

1 – Saints , Titans – tied with 13

3 – Commanders, Bears – tied with 12

5 – Jaguars, Texans – tied with 11

Most Frequent Penalties

  1. Offensive Holding – 50
  2. False Start – 37
  3. Defensive Pass Interference – 17
  4. Delay of Game – 17
  5. Unnecessary Roughness – 16

Giants Game Recap

New York – 6 penalties for 35 yards, 0 declined, gave up 3 first downs

Washington – 12 penalties for 89 yards, 2 declined, gave up 4 first downs

Penalty Washington N.Y. Giants Grand Total
Defensive Holding 1 3 4
Defensive Offside 1 0 1
False Start 2 1 3
Illegal Formation 0 1 1
Illegal Use of Hands 1 0 1
Intentional Grounding 1 0 1
Offensive Holding 3 1 4
Offensive Offside 1 0 1
Roughing the Passer 1 0 1
Unnecessary Roughness 1 0 1
Grand Total 12 6 18

 

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
Washington M. Lattimore Unnecessary Roughness 1 0
Defensive Holding 1 0
N. Brown Offensive Offside 1 0
Z. Ertz False Start 1 0
J. Conerly Offensive Holding 1 0
N. Allegretti Offensive Holding 1 0
V. Miller Defensive Offside 1 0
J. Daniels Intentional Grounding 1 0
B. Wagner Roughing the Passer 1 0
A. Ekeler False Start 1 0
J. Jones Offensive Holding 1 0
D. Wise Illegal Use of Hands 1 0
T. Amos Defensive Holding 0 1
L. Tunsil Offensive Holding 0 1
N.Y. Giants J. Eluemunor False Start 1 0
Illegal Formation 1 0
T. Nubin Defensive Holding 1 0
J. Hudson Offensive Holding 1 0
J. Holland Defensive Holding 1 0
R. Nunez-Roches Defensive Holding 1 0

Week 2

The second week saw a total of 463 penalties for 3,654 yards across 32 games, yielding 7.23 penalties per team per game. Washington was tied for seventh in most penalties in week 2 and is averaging 8.5 penalties per game.

Most Penalized Teams

1 – Titans – with 23

2 – Patriots, Cardinals – tied with 21

4 – Saints, Giants, Bears – tied with 20

Most Frequent Penalties

  1. Offensive Holding – 94
  2. False Start – 78
  3. Delay of Game – 31
  4. Defensive Pass Interference – 30
  5. Defensive Holding – 27

Packers Game Recap

Washington – 5 penalties for 30 yards, 2 declined, gave up 2 first downs

Green Bay– 10 penalties for 77 yards, 0 declined, gave up 2 first downs

Penalty Washington Green Bay Grand Total
Defensive Holding 2 2 4
Defensive Offside 0 1 1
Face Mask 0 1 1
False Start 2 2 4
Illegal Use of Hands 1 0 1
Offensive Holding 0 4 4
Grand Total 5 10 15

 

Against Player Penalty Accepted Declined
Washington M. Lattimore Defensive Holding 2 0
N. Allegretti False Start 1 0
Illegal Use of Hands 1 0
L. Tunsil False Start 1 0
J. Conerly Offensive Holding 0 1
W. Harris Illegal Contact 0 1
Green Bay K. Hadden Offensive Holding 1 0
S. Rhyan Offensive Holding 1 0
L. Van Ness Defensive Offside 1 0
J. Jacobs False Start 1 0
T. Kraft False Start 1 0
A. Belton Offensive Holding 1 0
N. Hobbs Defensive Holding 1 0
T. Hopper Face Mask 1 0
X. McKinney Defensive Holding 1 0
J. FitzPatrick Offensive Holding 1 0

Thoughts

Marshon Lattimore leads the team with 4 penalties through two weeks. It makes you question whether the trade was all it was cracked up to be. On the other hand, Trey Amos has been excellent in his first two NFL starts.

The average of 8.5 penalties is about 2.5 too high. The team needs to play cleaner and with more focus cutting down on the mental mistakes.

The officiating crews seem to have been especially erratic the first two weeks. Game analysts and the officiating analysts have called into question a number of plays. Where was the hip-drop tackle penalty on the play where Jayden Daniels was injured?

Kaleb Johnson of the Steelers got schooled on the kickoff rules, allowing the Seahawks to recover a live ball in the end zone for a free touchdown. Johnson has been removed from special teams duty.