Hold On – Week 7
October 24, 2025
By Noonefromtampa
League Summary
After this past week, the NFL had a total of 1,540 penalties for 12,301 yards across 108 games, yielding 7.13 penalties per team per game. Washington is tied for eighth in most penalties with 53, along with Chicago in week 7, averaging 7.57 penalties per game which is over the league average.
Most Penalized Teams
- Jaguars – with 65
- Broncos – with 61
- Patriots – with 59
- Cowboys – with 48
- Giants – with 57
Most Frequent Penalties
- Offensive Holding – 302
- False Start – 271
- Defensive Pass Interference – 127
- Defensive Holding, Delay of Game, Unnecessary Roughness – 83
Game 7 Cowboys Recap
Washington – 11 penalties for 118 yards, 2 declined, and gave up 3 first downs
Dallas – 10 penalties for 79 yards, 3 declined, and gave up 2 first downs
Accepted Penalties:
| Penalty | Washington | Dallas | Grand Total |
| Defensive Offside | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Delay of Game | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| False Start | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Contact | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tripping | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 11 | 10 | 21 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Dallas | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Grand Total | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | J. Conerly | False Start | 2 | 0 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | ||
| M. Lattimore | Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 0 | |
| J. Martin | Roughing the Passer | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Yankoff | Tripping | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Gay | Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Delay of Game | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Owens | Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Ott | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| S. Cosmi | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Sainristil | Illegal Contact | 0 | 1 | |
| Dallas | K. Elam | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 |
| Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | ||
| K. Murray | Illegal Contact | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Tolbert | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Carson | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| O. Odighizuwa | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Lamb | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Blue | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Illegal Shift | 0 | 1 | |
| T. Booker | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| D. Wilson | Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | |
| T. Smith | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| B. Aubrey | Kickoff Out of Bounds | 1 | 0 |
Season:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| M. Lattimore | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Conerly | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| L. Tunsil | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Unnamed | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sainristil | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Yankoff | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Daniels | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mariota | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Amos | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Ott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Ekeler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Magee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McLaurin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wise | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Lane | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
You cannot commit 11 penalties for 118 yards and expect to win a game.
Committing dumb penalties can cost you a game
Texans flagged for a personal foul and it gives the Seahawks an automatic 1st down so they can end the game pic.twitter.com/c9t4grdBjh
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) October 21, 2025
Now this is a tripping penalty – not:
Missed tripping call on the Lions. pic.twitter.com/2hyxPKA4Q3
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) October 21, 2025
Yes, this is pass interference
Should this have been called PI on the Cowboys? pic.twitter.com/bsYP3I0xvQ
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) October 19, 2025