Hold On – Week 12
December 3, 2025
By Noonefromtampa
League Summary
After last week’s games, the NFL had a total of 2,568 penalties for 20,664 yards across 193 games, yielding 6.65 penalties per team per game. Washington is fourteenth for most penalties with 83, averaging 6.92 penalties per game, which is just above the league average.
Most Penalized Teams
- Jaguars – with 104
- Broncos – with 98
- Cowboys – with 94
- Giants – with 92
- Bears & Eagles – with 91
Most Frequent Penalties
- Offensive Holding – 508
- False Start – 469
- Defensive Pass Interference – 213
- Defensive Holding – 132
- Unnecessary Roughness – 131
Game 12 Broncos Recap
Washington – 5 penalties for 35 yards, 0 declined, and gave up 0 first downs
Denver – 5 penalties for 33 yards, 3 declined, and gave up 3 first downs
Accepted Penalties:
| Penalty | Washington | Denver | Grand Total |
| Defensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| False Start | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Illegal Contact | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Illegal Formation | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Intentional Grounding | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Offensive Holding | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Unnecessary Roughness | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 5 | 5 | 10 |
By Unit:
| Team | Defense | Offense | ST | Grand Total |
| Washington | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Denver | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
By Player:
| Against | Player | Penalty | Accepted | Declined |
| Washington | J. Conerly | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 |
| T. McLaurin | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Mariota | Intentional Grounding | 1 | 0 | |
| B. Coleman | Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | |
| L. Tunsil | False Start | 1 | 0 | |
| Denver | P. Bryant | Offensive Holding | 1 | 0 |
| T. Badie | Illegal Formation | 1 | 0 | |
| Unnamed | Defensive Too Many Men on Field | 0 | 1 | |
| Z. Allen | Defensive Offside | 0 | 1 | |
| A. Trautman | Offensive Pass Interference | 0 | 1 | |
| N. Bonitto | Unnecessary Roughness | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Hufanga | Defensive Pass Interference | 1 | 0 | |
| P. Surtain | Illegal Contact | 1 | 0 |
Season:
| Player | Accepted | Declined | Offset |
| J. Conerly | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Lattimore | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Tunsil | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Z. Ertz | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Unnamed | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Kinlaw | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Mariota | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Allegretti | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Sainristil | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Yankoff | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Sinnott | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Magee | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McLaurin | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Daniels | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McNichols | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Amos | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wylie | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Ekeler | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Biadasz | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Ott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Samuel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wise | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. McCaffrey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Igbinoghene | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cosmi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Lane | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thoughts
Josh Conerly has passed Marshon Lattimore to take the lead in team penalties.
The Denver game had to be the worst officiated Commanders game of the 2025 season.
Refs review the spot and see that Mariota was down by contact but it was due to obvious tripping which should've been a penalty but the refs can't throw a flag off of a replay… pic.twitter.com/qFq1WeaOO0
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) December 1, 2025
🚨🚨THIS IS AN ABOMINATION🚨🚨
TONIGHT WAS ONE OF THE WORST OFFICIATED GAMES IN #NFL HISTORY.
REFS WERE COMPLETELY FAVORING THE #BRONCOS & THE #COMMANDERS GOT SCREWED.
On the same drive, the refs made up phantom false-start & intentional grounding calls.pic.twitter.com/kfztf0dJcJ
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) December 1, 2025
To be fair, on the Mariota tripping non-call, there should have been a holding call on Washington with the whole thing being offsetting with a do over.
Patriots Headshots
You get kicked out of the game for this hit in CFB, but in the NFL it's legal? Weird.
"He was a runner so he can legally be hit in the head"
Heads Up Football is dead. Burn the certification licenses.pic.twitter.com/5qFiBbjqoI
— Jack Mac (@JackMacCFB) December 2, 2025
Hard helmet to helmet hit pic.twitter.com/aFmhuCTPkk
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) December 2, 2025
We will see if some fines get sent out this week over this.
Best non-hold holding call
Bucs O Line Wirfs called for a hold here pic.twitter.com/INcrsdCYku
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) November 30, 2025
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