Hold On – 2025 Weeks 1 & 2
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
- Offensive Holding – 50
- False Start – 37
- Defensive Pass Interference – 17
- Delay of Game – 17
- 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
- Offensive Holding – 94
- False Start – 78
- Delay of Game – 31
- Defensive Pass Interference – 30
- 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?
Packers’ Kingsley Enagbare with a pretty blatant hip-drop tackle on Commanders’ Jayden Daniels Thursday night. No flag, should draw a fine, rule needs to be worked on by the NFL because there was no hesitation by the DL to drop his body weight onto the ball-carrier’s leg here. pic.twitter.com/B6aI22qrlf
— David Harrison (@DHarrison82) September 14, 2025
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.
Yes, this was a Seahawks touchdown.
I laughed for 2 minutes.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
24-14! pic.twitter.com/XP87LeymtQ
— Seattle ON Tap (@SeattleONTap) September 14, 2025