Passing Penalties

2021

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 (308), Defensive Holding (165), Roughing the Passer (154), and Illegal Contact (28)

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Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Tampa Bay	19	1.421	0.368	0.789	0.000	0.263	17.842
Jacksonville	17	0.941	0.294	0.235	0.000	0.412	10.765
Buffalo	19	1.684	0.684	0.474	0.105	0.421	17.105
Carolina	17	1.000	0.059	0.529	0.000	0.412	13.000
Philadelphia	18	1.222	0.333	0.500	0.111	0.278	11.111
Minnesota	17	1.353	0.471	0.588	0.059	0.235	16.941
Tennessee	18	1.278	0.333	0.667	0.167	0.111	17.778
San Francisco	20	1.550	0.150	1.050	0.000	0.350	24.100
Seattle	17	1.412	0.588	0.529	0.000	0.294	13.588
LA Chargers	17	1.824	0.706	0.647	0.000	0.471	22.529
Washington	17	1.118	0.176	0.647	0.000	0.294	14.882
Denver	17	0.824	0.176	0.353	0.118	0.176	9.294
New Orleans	17	1.176	0.176	0.706	0.000	0.294	10.353
Baltimore	17	1.353	0.353	0.706	0.059	0.235	14.000
N.Y. Giants	17	0.588	0.118	0.294	0.059	0.118	5.353
New England	18	0.833	0.167	0.444	0.056	0.167	13.056
Cincinnati	21	0.905	0.286	0.476	0.000	0.143	10.429
Cleveland	17	1.294	0.235	0.706	0.059	0.294	20.647
Dallas	18	1.167	0.333	0.556	0.111	0.167	13.167
Atlanta	17	1.176	0.235	0.706	0.059	0.176	14.176
Detroit	17	1.118	0.235	0.647	0.059	0.176	13.941
Houston	17	1.000	0.353	0.294	0.059	0.294	12.647
Indianapolis	17	0.765	0.118	0.471	0.000	0.176	11.294
Kansas City	20	1.150	0.200	0.650	0.100	0.200	11.300
N.Y. Jets	17	1.294	0.294	0.647	0.000	0.353	15.294
Las Vegas	18	1.500	0.500	0.556	0.056	0.389	17.611
Green Bay	18	0.944	0.222	0.556	0.000	0.167	13.611
Chicago	17	0.941	0.176	0.471	0.059	0.235	12.294
Arizona	18	1.389	0.278	0.500	0.167	0.444	15.056
LA Rams	21	0.714	0.238	0.190	0.048	0.238	8.714
Miami	17	0.941	0.118	0.412	0.000	0.412	9.588
Pittsburgh	18	0.889	0.278	0.278	0.056	0.278	9.444