Hold On – Week 8
October 29, 2025
By Noonefromtampa
League Summary
After this past week, the NFL has issued a total of 1,695 penalties for 13,535 yards across 121 games this seaosn, yielding 7.0 penalties per team per game. Washington is tied for ninth in most penalties with 56, along with Kansas City in week 8, averaging 7.0 penalties per game which is the league average.
Most Penalized Teams
- Broncos – with 68
- Cowboys – with 67
- Patriots – with 66
- Jaguars – with 65
- Giants and Bears – with 64
Most Frequent Penalties
- Offensive Holding – 333
- False Start – 296
- Defensive Pass Interference – 140
- Defensive Holding – 92
- Unnecessary Roughness – 91
Game 8 Chiefs Recap
Washington – 3 penalties for 35 yards, 0 declined, 1 offsetting and gave up 2 first downs
Kansas City – 9 penalties for 95 yards, 0 declined, 1 offsetting and gave up 1 first down
Accepted Penalties:
| Penalty | Washington | Kansas City | Grand Total |
| Defensive Offside | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Illegal Block Above the Waist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Intentional Grounding | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Taunting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 3 | 9 | 12 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Grand Total | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Offset |
| Washington | Q. Martin | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 |
| J. Conerly | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Reaves | Defensive Holding | 0 | 1 | |
| J. Newton | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | |
| Kansas City | R. Rice | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 |
| Taunting | 1 | 0 | ||
| C. Omenihu | Unsportsmanlike Conduct | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Humphrey | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Bassa | Illegal Block Above the Waist | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Roland-Wallace | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Jones | Defensive Offside | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Taylor | Offensive Holding | 0 | 1 | |
| P. Mahomes | Intentional Grounding | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Cochrane | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 |
Season:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| M. Lattimore | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Conerly | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| L. Tunsil | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Unnamed | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Sainristil | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Yankoff | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Daniels | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Mariota | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Amos | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Ott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Ekeler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Magee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McLaurin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wise | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Lane | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
The rules don’t apply when you play KC
YIKES: #Commanders were angry they were penalized for a defenseless hit on the #Chiefs even though the ball was tipped.
By rule, if the ball is tipped, there should be no penalty called.
Washington also argued that their defender had nowhere else to go.pic.twitter.com/VT35KfbCfX
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025
This is not holding?
Abdul Carter and Lane Johnson pic.twitter.com/eizsrNmqRQ
— Talkin’ Giants (@TalkinGiants) October 26, 2025
I’m not dead yet
FOX replayed the Antoine Winfield Jr. scoop-and-score that officials took off the board because it was blown dead by a whistle.
No whistle is ever blown. pic.twitter.com/Cwr0zNSW2m
— Josh Hill (@jdavhill) October 26, 2025
OPI or DPI? Refs said OPI
Giants called for offensive pass interference and it takes away a touchdown pic.twitter.com/XpKCMBzIaF
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) October 26, 2025
Correct call, horrible rookie QB mistake
I’ve seen a lot of Browns quarterback lowlights.
The intentional grounding check down incompletion safety to nobody is up there. pic.twitter.com/qHbMJbwz8h
— Nick Pedone (@NickPedone12) October 26, 2025
Marshon Lattimore
By long-time reader request, Hold On will compare cornerback Marshon Lattimore’s rate of penalties across some of the other top cornerbacks in the NFL.
In 2025 Lattimore currently ranks third among defensive backs in most accepted penalties committed by a player. Rankings are:
- Deommodore Lenoir with 8
- Andru Phillips with 7
- Keisean Nixon, Riley Moss, Carlton Davis, Myles Harden, and Lattimore with 6
- Pat Surtain, Benjamin St-Juste, Jack Jones, and Upton Stout with 5
While Lattimore ranks in the top of offending DBs, there are other good players on listed who I would entertain having on my mythical roster, like Surtain, Moss, Davis, and Lenoir.
Next, we’ll look at a year over year comparison of coverage penalties against some of the top NFL cornerbacks, namely Surtain, Derek Stingley, and Sauce Gardner.
| Lattimore | Surtain | Stingley | Gardner | |||||||||
| Penalty | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Defensive Holding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Illegal Contact | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Use of Hands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
Over three years, Gardner has 15 coverage penalties, Surtain has 14, Lattimore has 12 and Stingley has an unreal number of 2.
Conclusions from this data can include:
- Lattimore is not getting called anymore than some of the other top CBs
- Lattimore’s numbers are going up which may indicate an erosion of physical skills and he get caught more now trying to keep up
- Officials may be providing extra focus on DBs for coverage penalties because everyone’s numbers are trending up
While the casual fan might be upset with Lattimore (I know I am) with the number and frequency of calls against him, he not significantly out of line with other top players.