Atlanta Falcons

2023

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	21	20	-1	105	23	109	1	13	8	20	9T
Unnecessary Roughness	6	5.41	-0.59	90	6	79	1	3	3	19T	10T
Defensive Pass Interference	11	8.69	-2.31	210	9	89	1	6	5	22T	11T
Offensive Pass Interference	1	2.28	1.28	10	5	46	1	1	0	3T	1T
Illegal Shift	3	1.16	-1.84	15	0	0	1	2	1	30T	23T
Offensive Holding	13	18.06	5.06	130	23	226	2	4	9	5T	2T
Roughing the Passer	0	3.09	3.09	0	5	69	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Contact	3	2.81	-0.19	14	2	10	1	1	2	17T	18T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0	1.09	1.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	23T
Illegal Use of Hands	2	1.88	-0.12	13	2	10	0	1	1	13T	11T
Intentional Grounding	2	1.88	-0.12	26	0	0	0	1	1	14T	26T
Defensive Offside	0	4.78	4.78	0	2	9	2	0	0	1T	24T
Tripping	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1T	10T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0	0.78	0.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	19T
Delay of Game	3	5.09	2.09	15	3	14	0	1	2	7T	23T
Horse Collar Tackle	0	0.47	0.47	0	1	15	1	0	0	1T	2T
Encroachment	0	1.28	1.28	0	4	20	0	0	0	1T	1T
Defensive Holding	13	5.81	-7.19	64	2	10	3	6	7	32	30T
Illegal Formation	0	1.84	1.84	0	3	15	0	0	0	1T	6T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Neutral Zone Infraction	2	3.06	1.06	11	5	20	0	0	2	6T	5T
Defensive Delay of Game	1	0.22	-0.78	5	0	0	0	1	0	27T	6T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0.25	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
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	1	0	0	1T	7T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	1	1.53	0.53	5	1	5	2	1	0	6T	14T
Illegal Crackback	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Substitution	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Chop Block	0	0.19	0.19	0	1	15	1	0	0	1T	1T
Clipping	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0.38	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	13T
Leverage	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Low Block	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Disqualification	0	0.38	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Offensive Offside	0	0.66	0.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	17T
Taunting	1	0.47	-0.53	15	0	0	0	1	0	20T	15T
Leaping	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Illegal Bat	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Blindside Block	1	0.47	-0.53	15	1	10	0	0	1	20T	1T
Illegal Peelback	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	0	1.03	1.03	0	2	10	0	0	0	1T	5T
Offensive Too Many Men on Field	0	0.34	0.34	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	0	0.25	0.25	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Double-Team Block	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Face Mask	0	2.88	2.88	0	2	30	0	0	0	1T	17T
Illegal Kick/Kicking Loose Ball	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Lowering the Head to Make Forcible Contact	0	0.16	0.16	0	1	15	0	0	0	1T	2T
Totals	84	101.01	17.01	743	104	831	19	42	42

Penalty Counts - Per Game

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Name	Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	1.24	6.18	1.35	6.41	0.06	21	8T
Unnecessary Roughness	0.35	5.29	0.35	4.65	0.06	21T	10T
Defensive Pass Interference	0.65	12.35	0.53	5.24	0.06	26T	11T
Offensive Pass Interference	0.06	0.59	0.29	2.71	0.06	7T	1
Illegal Shift	0.18	0.88	0	0	0.06	30T	23T
Offensive Holding	0.76	7.65	1.35	13.29	0.12	6T	2T
Roughing the Passer	0	0	0.29	4.06	0	1T	2T
Illegal Contact	0.18	0.82	0.12	0.59	0.06	22T	18T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0	0	0	0	0	1T	23T
Illegal Use of Hands	0.12	0.76	0.12	0.59	0	20T	11T
Intentional Grounding	0.12	1.53	0	0	0	19T	26T
Defensive Offside	0	0	0.12	0.53	0.12	1T	24T
Tripping	0	0	0	0	0.06	1T	10T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0	0	0	0	0	1T	19T
Delay of Game	0.18	0.88	0.18	0.82	0	8T	23T
Horse Collar Tackle	0	0	0.06	0.88	0.06	1T	2T
Encroachment	0	0	0.24	1.18	0	1T	1
Defensive Holding	0.76	3.76	0.12	0.59	0.18	32	30T
Illegal Formation	0	0	0.18	0.88	0	1T	6T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Offside on Free Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.12	0.65	0.29	1.18	0	11T	5T
Defensive Delay of Game	0.06	0.29	0	0	0	30T	6T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Motion	0	0	0	0	0.06	1T	7T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0.06	0.29	0.06	0.29	0.12	14T	14T
Illegal Crackback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Substitution	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Chop Block	0	0	0.06	0.88	0.06	1T	1T
Clipping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0	0	0	0	1T	13T
Leverage	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Low Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Disqualification	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Offensive Offside	0	0	0	0	0	1T	17T
Taunting	0.06	0.88	0	0	0	26T	15T
Leaping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Illegal Bat	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Illegal Blindside Block	0.06	0.88	0.06	0.59	0	25T	1T
Illegal Peelback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Defensive Too Many Men on Field	0	0	0.12	0.59	0	1T	5T
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	0	0.06	0.29	0	1T	2T
Illegal Double-Team Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Face Mask	0	0	0.12	1.76	0	1T	17T
Illegal Kick/Kicking Loose Ball	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Lowering the Head to Make Forcible Contact	0	0	0.06	0.88	0	1T	2T
Totals	4.96	43.68	6.13	48.88	1.14