Atlanta Falcons

2018

Penalty Counts

The Atlanta Falcons have played 16 games. The Rank columns refer to overall league rank for that type of penalty. Offsetting and Declined penalties are listed in the "Dismissed" column, but are otherwise ignored.

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Name	Against	League Avg	League Avg-Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Home	Away	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	16	18.31	2.31	80	24	110	0	8	8	11T	5T
Unnecessary Roughness	8	6.38	-1.62	102	8	99	1	2	6	25T	7T
Defensive Pass Interference	8	7.78	-0.22	132	9	203	0	4	4	18T	9T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	1	2.78	1.78	15	3	45	2	0	1	3T	10T
Offensive Pass Interference	2	2.66	0.66	20	4	40	1	0	2	9T	7T
Illegal Shift	1	1.44	0.44	5	0	0	1	1	0	11T	24T
Offensive Holding	22	22.97	0.97	217	25	235	4	12	10	14T	9
Roughing the Passer	4	3.69	-0.31	60	5	75	0	2	2	15T	6T
Illegal Contact	2	1.38	-0.62	10	1	5	2	0	2	22T	15T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	3	5.88	2.88	30	0	0	1	2	1	3T	32
Illegal Use of Hands	1	2.38	1.38	5	7	45	0	1	0	5T	1T
Intentional Grounding	1	0.84	-0.16	12	0	0	0	0	1	15T	16T
Defensive Offside	5	4.84	-0.16	25	7	34	5	0	5	16T	4T
Tripping	0	0.31	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Roughing the Kicker	1	0.25	-0.75	15	0	0	0	0	1	26T	8T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	1	2.03	1.03	15	2	30	1	1	0	3T	14T
Delay of Game	0	3.81	3.81	0	2	10	0	0	0	1	25T
Horse Collar Tackle	1	0.47	-0.53	10	0	0	0	1	0	20T	13T
Encroachment	1	1.34	0.34	5	0	0	0	0	1	13T	25T
Defensive Holding	10	7.75	-2.25	46	3	15	5	4	6	25T	26T
Illegal Formation	1	2.34	1.34	5	0	0	1	0	1	4T	29T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0.41	0.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Neutral Zone Infraction	4	4.56	0.56	20	4	15	0	1	3	11T	13T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1T	9T
Illegal Motion	1	0.38	-0.62	5	1	5	0	1	0	24T	3T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	0.5	0.5	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Crackback	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Substitution	1	0.25	-0.75	5	0	0	0	0	1	25T	9T
Chop Block	0	0.41	0.41	0	0	0	1	0	0	1T	13T
Clipping	1	0.09	-0.91	15	0	0	0	0	1	30T	4T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Leverage	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Low Block	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Invalid Fair Catch Signal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Disqualification	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1T	10T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0.25	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Taunting	0	0.69	0.69	0	1	15	0	0	0	1T	6T
Leaping	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Bat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Blindside Block	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Kickoff Out of Bounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	2	1.47	-0.53	10	0	0	0	2	0	19T	24T
Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact	1	0.5	-0.5	15	1	15	0	0	1	20T	3T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	1	0.22	-0.78	5	0	0	0	1	0	26T	8T
Kick Catch Interference	1	0.13	-0.87	15	0	0	0	0	1	29T	5T
Player Out of Bounds on Kick	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Totals	101	111.57	10.57	899	108	1001	27	43	58

Penalty Counts - Per Game

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Name	Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	1	5	1.5	6.88	0	11T	4T
Unnecessary Roughness	0.5	6.38	0.5	6.19	0.06	27T	7T
Defensive Pass Interference	0.5	8.25	0.56	12.69	0	21T	8T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	0.06	0.94	0.19	2.81	0.13	8T	10T
Offensive Pass Interference	0.13	1.25	0.25	2.5	0.06	14T	7T
Illegal Shift	0.06	0.31	0	0	0.06	12T	24T
Offensive Holding	1.38	13.56	1.56	14.69	0.25	16T	8
Roughing the Passer	0.25	3.75	0.31	4.69	0	17T	6T
Illegal Contact	0.13	0.63	0.06	0.31	0.13	26T	15T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0.19	1.88	0	0	0.06	5T	32
Illegal Use of Hands	0.06	0.31	0.44	2.81	0	6T	1
Intentional Grounding	0.06	0.75	0	0	0	20T	16T
Defensive Offside	0.31	1.56	0.44	2.13	0.31	18T	4T
Tripping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Roughing the Kicker	0.06	0.94	0	0	0	29T	8T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0.06	0.94	0.13	1.88	0.06	5T	14T
Delay of Game	0	0	0.13	0.63	0	1	25T
Horse Collar Tackle	0.06	0.63	0	0	0	24T	13T
Encroachment	0.06	0.31	0	0	0	15T	25T
Defensive Holding	0.63	2.88	0.19	0.94	0.31	26T	26T
Illegal Formation	0.06	0.31	0	0	0.06	4T	29T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.25	1.25	0.25	0.94	0	14T	13T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0.06	1T	9T
Illegal Motion	0.06	0.31	0.06	0.31	0	29T	3T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	0	0.06	0.31	0	1T	4T
Illegal Crackback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Substitution	0.06	0.31	0	0	0	28T	9T
Chop Block	0	0	0	0	0.06	1T	13T
Clipping	0.06	0.94	0	0	0	31T	4T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Leverage	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Low Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Invalid Fair Catch Signal	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Disqualification	0	0	0	0	0.06	1T	10T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Taunting	0	0	0.06	0.94	0	1T	6T
Leaping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Bat	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Blindside Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Kickoff Out of Bounds	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	0.13	0.63	0	0	0	22T	24T
Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact	0.06	0.94	0.06	0.94	0	24T	3T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	0.06	0.31	0	0	0	27T	8T
Kick Catch Interference	0.06	0.94	0	0	0	29T	5T
Player Out of Bounds on Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Totals	6.3	56.21	6.75	62.59	1.67