Passing Penalties

2016

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Only passing plays are used.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (289), Defensive Holding (211), Roughing the Passer (89), and Illegal Contact (48)

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Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Carolina	16	0.500	0.125	0.125	0.000	0.250	5.313
Atlanta	19	1.158	0.579	0.526	0.000	0.053	12.158
Houston	18	1.333	0.222	1.000	0.056	0.056	23.611
Jacksonville	16	1.313	0.438	0.563	0.063	0.250	16.813
Green Bay	19	0.947	0.368	0.368	0.000	0.211	9.526
Cincinnati	16	1.063	0.438	0.313	0.188	0.125	7.875
N.Y. Jets	16	1.250	0.438	0.750	0.063	0.000	16.375
Philadelphia	16	1.250	0.188	0.750	0.125	0.188	13.500
Kansas City	17	1.118	0.294	0.588	0.176	0.059	11.353
Pittsburgh	19	0.947	0.158	0.474	0.053	0.263	14.158
LA Rams	16	1.375	0.375	0.563	0.125	0.313	14.438
Tennessee	16	1.313	0.500	0.688	0.000	0.125	16.375
Detroit	17	1.235	0.529	0.588	0.000	0.118	16.000
New England	19	0.895	0.316	0.421	0.105	0.053	10.684
New Orleans	16	1.313	0.375	0.875	0.000	0.063	17.875
Washington	16	1.125	0.313	0.438	0.125	0.250	12.688
Arizona	16	1.188	0.313	0.500	0.063	0.313	13.750
Seattle	18	1.111	0.556	0.333	0.056	0.167	9.722
San Diego	16	1.188	0.438	0.500	0.063	0.188	8.125
Minnesota	16	1.438	0.563	0.563	0.188	0.125	16.875
Denver	16	1.625	0.750	0.625	0.125	0.125	16.063
N.Y. Giants	17	1.118	0.294	0.529	0.000	0.294	17.647
Tampa Bay	16	0.750	0.313	0.438	0.000	0.000	7.500
Oakland	17	1.706	0.765	0.882	0.000	0.059	16.588
Cleveland	16	1.063	0.250	0.313	0.313	0.188	11.125
Dallas	17	1.059	0.412	0.294	0.059	0.294	10.882
San Francisco	16	0.938	0.375	0.375	0.188	0.000	9.625
Chicago	16	1.688	0.375	0.563	0.313	0.438	19.750
Baltimore	16	1.250	0.250	0.563	0.250	0.188	13.688
Indianapolis	16	1.563	0.375	1.000	0.063	0.125	16.188
Miami	17	1.353	0.412	0.529	0.176	0.235	13.118
Buffalo	16	1.125	0.563	0.313	0.000	0.250	12.438