Hold On – Week 3
September 24, 2025
By Noonefromtampa
League Summary
The second week saw a total of 684 penalties for 5,555 yards across 48 games, yielding 7.125 penalties per team per game. Washington is tied for eleventh in most penalties, along with Kansas City, Denver and Houston in week 3, averaging 8.0 penalties per game.
Most Penalized Teams
1 – Saints and Titans – tied with 31
3 – Vikings – with 29
4 – Patriots and Packers – tied with 28
Most Frequent Penalties
- Offensive Holding – 139
- False Start – 111
- Defensive Pass Interference – 52
- Defensive Holding – 40
- Unnecessary Roughness – 38
Game 3 Raiders Recap
Las Vegas – 6 penalties for 54 yards, 0 declined, gave up 2 first downs
Washington – 7 penalties for 54 yards, 3 declined, gave up 0 first downs
Accepted Penalties:
| Penalty | Washington | Las Vegas | Grand Total |
| Delay of Game | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Face Mask | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ineligible Downfield Pass | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Intentional Grounding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 7 | 6 | 13 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Las Vegas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Grand Total | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | J.Conerly | Offensive Holding | 1 | 1 |
| L.Tunsil | Illegal Use of Hands | 1 | 0 | |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | ||
| M.Mariota | Intentional Grounding | 1 | 0 | |
| A.Wylie | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| M.Gay | Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | |
| T.McLaurin | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| N.Igbinoghene | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| Las Vegas | M.Koonce | Face Mask | 1 | 0 |
| T.Tucker | Illegal Shift | 1 | 0 | |
| D.Porter | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 1 | 0 | |
| I.Pola-Mao | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 | |
| J.Meredith | Ineligible Downfield Pass | 1 | 0 |
Season:
| Player | Accepted | Declined |
| M.Lattimore | 4 | 0 |
| N.Allegretti | 3 | 0 |
| L.Tunsil | 2 | 2 |
| J.Conerly | 2 | 2 |
| N.Brown | 1 | 0 |
| N.Igbinoghene | 1 | 0 |
| V.Miller | 1 | 0 |
| J.Daniels | 1 | 0 |
| J.Jones | 1 | 0 |
| T.McLaurin | 1 | 0 |
| B.Wagner | 1 | 0 |
| D.Wise | 1 | 0 |
| Z.Ertz | 1 | 0 |
| A.Wylie | 1 | 0 |
| A.Ekeler | 1 | 0 |
| M.Gay | 1 | 0 |
| M.Mariota | 1 | 0 |
| T.Amos | 0 | 1 |
| W.Harris | 0 | 1 |
| Unnamed | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
Did the Bills get a break here at the end of the half in the Thursday Night game?
Should this have been a kneel down or live ball??🧐
Josh Allen fumbled the ball while attempting to take a knee before halftime. pic.twitter.com/Zf3MviZ5od
— Zero Gravity (@zgsportsmedia) September 19, 2025
Missed calls, inconsistent calls are plaguing the officiating again this year.
Marshon Lattimore leads the team in penalties committed. If he’s the number one cornerback, he needs to clean that up. The good news is the defense committed zero penalties this past weekend.
Special teams played better this week, with the big plays outshining the miscues of Matt Gay kicking his first kickoff out-of-bounds and Noah Igbinoghene holding on a nice Jaylin Lane punt return.
I can’t remember a game I have ever watched where a team’s two tackles were both called for penalties on the same play twice in a game. That must be some kind of record.
The Packers committed 14 penalties in their meltdown loss to the Browns, including 3 (with one declined) in the last two minutes of the game. That helped to put the Browns in a position to win the game. Washington needs to avoid doing this against teams they should beat.