Atlanta Falcons

2021

Penalty Counts

The Atlanta Falcons have played 17 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	25	18.75	-6.25	124	28	135	0	12	13	28T	2T
Unnecessary Roughness	3	5.38	2.38	45	5	68	1	1	2	3T	13T
Defensive Pass Interference	12	9.63	-2.37	176	11	139	1	5	7	25T	9T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	1	2.31	1.31	15	2	23	0	0	1	4T	14T
Offensive Pass Interference	2	2.5	0.5	20	1	3	1	2	0	6T	23T
Illegal Shift	0	0.81	0.81	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	5T
Offensive Holding	12	21.13	9.13	120	20	200	2	7	5	1	16T
Roughing the Passer	3	4.81	1.81	44	11	139	0	1	2	3T	1
Illegal Contact	1	0.88	-0.12	5	0	0	0	1	0	14T	18T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	3	2.22	-0.78	29	3	30	0	1	2	22T	7T
Illegal Use of Hands	1	2.34	1.34	5	1	10	1	1	0	6T	23T
Intentional Grounding	3	0.94	-2.06	34	0	0	0	3	0	32	21T
Defensive Offside	4	4.97	0.97	19	3	15	2	2	2	10T	20T
Tripping	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0.31	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	10T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0	1.31	1.31	0	1	15	1	0	0	1T	12T
Delay of Game	5	5.38	0.38	26	4	20	0	1	4	14T	19T
Horse Collar Tackle	0	0.47	0.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	13T
Encroachment	2	1.16	-0.84	10	1	5	0	1	1	22T	11T
Defensive Holding	4	5.16	1.16	16	6	27	6	4	0	11T	7T
Illegal Formation	4	2.13	-1.87	14	3	15	0	4	0	26T	4T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0.22	0.22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0.13	0.13	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	1T
Neutral Zone Infraction	1	3.63	2.63	5	4	20	0	1	0	1T	12T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Motion	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	1.44	1.44	0	4	20	1	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Crackback	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Substitution	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Chop Block	1	0.19	-0.81	15	1	15	0	0	1	28T	1T
Clipping	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Leverage	0	0.16	0.16	0	1	13	0	0	0	1T	1T
Illegal Forward Pass	1	0.31	-0.69	5	0	0	0	0	1	23T	9T
Low Block	0	0.44	0.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	13T
Disqualification	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Offensive Offside	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Taunting	1	1.34	0.34	15	2	19	0	0	1	8T	5T
Illegal Blindside Block	0	0.38	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	2	1.13	-0.87	6	3	15	0	1	1	23T	3T
Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	0	0.31	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Kick Catch Interference	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Player Out of Bounds on Kick	1	0.19	-0.81	5	0	0	0	0	1	27T	7T
Illegal Double-Team Block	0	0.31	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Totals	92	104.41	12.41	753	118	956	16	48	44

Penalty Counts - Per Game

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Name	Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	1.47	7.29	1.65	7.94	0	29	2
Unnecessary Roughness	0.18	2.65	0.29	4	0.06	6T	13
Defensive Pass Interference	0.71	10.35	0.65	8.18	0.06	27T	8T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	0.06	0.88	0.12	1.35	0	6T	14T
Offensive Pass Interference	0.12	1.18	0.06	0.18	0.06	12T	23T
Illegal Shift	0	0	0.06	0.29	0	1T	5T
Offensive Holding	0.71	7.06	1.18	11.76	0.12	1	16T
Roughing the Passer	0.18	2.59	0.65	8.18	0	7T	1
Illegal Contact	0.06	0.29	0	0	0	18T	18T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0.18	1.71	0.18	1.76	0	24T	7T
Illegal Use of Hands	0.06	0.29	0.06	0.59	0.06	9T	23T
Intentional Grounding	0.18	2	0	0	0	32	21T
Defensive Offside	0.24	1.12	0.18	0.88	0.12	13T	20T
Tripping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	10T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0	0	0.06	0.88	0.06	1T	12T
Delay of Game	0.29	1.53	0.24	1.18	0	15T	19T
Horse Collar Tackle	0	0	0	0	0	1T	13T
Encroachment	0.12	0.59	0.06	0.29	0	24T	11T
Defensive Holding	0.24	0.94	0.35	1.59	0.35	13T	5T
Illegal Formation	0.24	0.82	0.18	0.88	0	28T	4T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0	0.06	0	0	1T	1T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0	0.06	0.29	0	1T	1T
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.06	0.29	0.24	1.18	0	1T	12T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Motion	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	0	0.24	1.18	0.06	1T	1T
Illegal Crackback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Substitution	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Chop Block	0.06	0.88	0.06	0.88	0	29T	1T
Clipping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Leverage	0	0	0.06	0.76	0	1T	1T
Illegal Forward Pass	0.06	0.29	0	0	0	27T	9T
Low Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	13T
Disqualification	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Offensive Offside	0	0	0	0	0	1T	1T
Taunting	0.06	0.88	0.12	1.12	0	12T	5T
Illegal Blindside Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	0.12	0.35	0.18	0.88	0	25T	3T
Lowering the Head to Initiate Contact	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Kick Catch Interference	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Player Out of Bounds on Kick	0.06	0.29	0	0	0	30T	7T
Illegal Double-Team Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Totals	5.46	44.27	6.99	56.22	0.95