Penalties
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:50 am
I found a good website that tracks penalties and breaks them down into different categories and can bring up past performance as far back as 2009.
http://www.nflpenalties.com/
As you might expect, we lead the league in penalties with 112, or an average of 8 per game. The company we keep isn't too good, with half of the top 10 being teams that are last in their divisions, ie Houston, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Oakland, and St. Louis. But we do find Denver in there, too, checking in at #4.
It can't all be bad. After all, we do have a 12-2 record and much of the penalty issue has to do with the aggressive style of football that we play, a characteristic that has contributed mightily to our success. But if you take a look at the numbers, well over a third of those penalties, 40 in all, are pre snap...false starts, delay of game, illegal motion, defensive offsides, etc. Those cannot be attributed to aggressive play.
Is it a concern?
http://www.nflpenalties.com/
As you might expect, we lead the league in penalties with 112, or an average of 8 per game. The company we keep isn't too good, with half of the top 10 being teams that are last in their divisions, ie Houston, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Oakland, and St. Louis. But we do find Denver in there, too, checking in at #4.
It can't all be bad. After all, we do have a 12-2 record and much of the penalty issue has to do with the aggressive style of football that we play, a characteristic that has contributed mightily to our success. But if you take a look at the numbers, well over a third of those penalties, 40 in all, are pre snap...false starts, delay of game, illegal motion, defensive offsides, etc. Those cannot be attributed to aggressive play.
Is it a concern?