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
Dallas	18	1.056	0.167	0.778	0.000	0.111	10.278
Houston	17	1.000	0.235	0.588	0.059	0.118	13.353
Pittsburgh	18	1.278	0.278	0.667	0.000	0.333	15.667
N.Y. Jets	17	1.118	0.353	0.588	0.000	0.176	17.412
Atlanta	17	1.647	0.353	0.647	0.000	0.647	17.941
Cincinnati	21	0.952	0.238	0.524	0.048	0.143	9.524
Arizona	18	0.833	0.111	0.556	0.000	0.167	11.222
Detroit	17	1.235	0.294	0.412	0.059	0.471	15.353
Indianapolis	17	1.412	0.176	0.765	0.176	0.294	21.647
Washington	17	1.412	0.353	0.588	0.235	0.235	15.588
LA Chargers	17	1.353	0.529	0.647	0.118	0.059	13.235
N.Y. Giants	17	1.529	0.353	0.882	0.059	0.235	12.412
Green Bay	18	1.278	0.222	0.778	0.000	0.278	14.167
Las Vegas	18	1.611	0.444	0.778	0.111	0.278	25.222
Miami	17	1.118	0.235	0.529	0.000	0.353	13.059
Chicago	17	1.294	0.294	0.588	0.059	0.353	18.471
Jacksonville	17	1.294	0.588	0.412	0.059	0.235	15.059
Denver	17	1.176	0.176	0.529	0.000	0.471	16.588
Philadelphia	18	0.556	0.167	0.333	0.000	0.056	9.222
San Francisco	20	1.000	0.350	0.350	0.100	0.200	11.000
Tampa Bay	19	1.053	0.316	0.632	0.000	0.105	12.368
Seattle	17	1.059	0.118	0.588	0.000	0.353	15.353
Carolina	17	0.765	0.294	0.176	0.059	0.235	7.941
Tennessee	18	1.278	0.278	0.556	0.000	0.444	16.389
Buffalo	19	0.684	0.053	0.421	0.053	0.158	6.947
New England	18	1.389	0.222	0.778	0.000	0.389	15.278
Minnesota	17	1.000	0.235	0.353	0.118	0.294	11.118
LA Rams	21	1.095	0.333	0.429	0.095	0.238	9.952
Cleveland	17	1.176	0.294	0.647	0.000	0.235	13.118
Kansas City	20	1.350	0.750	0.300	0.050	0.250	13.800
New Orleans	17	0.941	0.176	0.176	0.000	0.588	11.118
Baltimore	17	0.941	0.235	0.353	0.118	0.235	14.353