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
Denver	16	1.375	0.438	0.750	0.125	0.063	13.375
Tampa Bay	16	1.313	0.375	0.625	0.250	0.063	12.250
Chicago	16	0.875	0.250	0.500	0.000	0.125	12.750
Green Bay	19	1.421	0.579	0.526	0.158	0.158	20.632
Jacksonville	16	2.000	0.750	1.125	0.063	0.063	24.063
N.Y. Jets	16	1.125	0.250	0.500	0.063	0.313	13.688
Cincinnati	16	1.188	0.438	0.625	0.063	0.063	11.688
Cleveland	16	1.188	0.250	0.500	0.063	0.375	16.063
San Diego	16	1.563	0.875	0.563	0.063	0.063	10.813
Washington	16	1.188	0.313	0.438	0.063	0.375	19.688
San Francisco	16	0.750	0.313	0.313	0.000	0.125	6.188
Detroit	17	1.353	0.412	0.765	0.059	0.118	13.118
Tennessee	16	1.063	0.188	0.688	0.000	0.188	13.000
Kansas City	17	0.882	0.529	0.118	0.176	0.059	6.000
Miami	17	0.765	0.235	0.235	0.118	0.176	7.353
N.Y. Giants	17	0.882	0.176	0.529	0.059	0.118	7.941
Dallas	17	0.941	0.235	0.412	0.118	0.176	12.118
Seattle	18	0.944	0.278	0.444	0.000	0.222	13.556
LA Rams	16	1.000	0.375	0.500	0.000	0.125	11.688
Oakland	17	1.647	0.294	1.176	0.059	0.118	21.647
Minnesota	16	1.000	0.188	0.375	0.125	0.313	11.500
Philadelphia	16	0.938	0.188	0.375	0.125	0.250	11.188
Pittsburgh	19	1.000	0.421	0.526	0.000	0.053	10.579
Atlanta	19	1.158	0.316	0.632	0.053	0.158	13.789
Carolina	16	1.000	0.188	0.500	0.250	0.063	12.313
Baltimore	16	0.938	0.125	0.375	0.125	0.313	13.000
Houston	18	1.389	0.611	0.722	0.000	0.056	12.778
Buffalo	16	1.188	0.375	0.375	0.250	0.188	14.375
Arizona	16	1.938	0.813	0.688	0.250	0.188	17.063
Indianapolis	16	1.563	0.625	0.688	0.125	0.125	20.375
New England	19	1.526	0.789	0.474	0.053	0.211	15.000
New Orleans	16	1.063	0.375	0.250	0.063	0.375	11.688