Illegal Formation

Definition

Fewer than 7 players line up on the line of scrimmage; or Eligible receivers fail to line up as the leftmost and rightmost players on the line; or when five properly numbered ineligible players fail to line up on the line.

Outcome

5 yards

2021 Stats

Penalties By Week

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Week	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined
1	16	7	31	3	4	5
2	16	2	10	2	0	0
3	16	5	24	3	2	0
4	16	4	20	1	3	1
5	16	4	20	2	2	0
6	14	3	15	2	1	0
7	13	5	25	4	1	1
8	15	5	25	3	2	0
9	14	4	20	2	2	1
10	14	1	5	1	0	1
11	15	5	23	3	2	1
12	15	3	15	0	3	5
13	14	3	15	1	2	1
14	14	5	24	2	3	0
15	16	4	20	3	1	0
16	16	2	8	2	0	2
17	16	3	14	2	1	4
18	16	1	6	0	1	2
Wildcard Weekend	6	1	5	1	0	0
Divisional Playoffs	4	1	5	0	1	0
Totals	282	68	330	37	31	24

Penalties By Week - Per Game

Note: Offsetting and Declined penalties are ignored, except where specified.

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Week	Games	Total Count	Penalty Yards	Home	Away	Declined
1	16	0.44	1.94	0.19	0.25	0.31
2	16	0.13	0.63	0.13	0	0
3	16	0.31	1.5	0.19	0.13	0
4	16	0.25	1.25	0.06	0.19	0.06
5	16	0.25	1.25	0.13	0.13	0
6	14	0.21	1.07	0.14	0.07	0
7	13	0.38	1.92	0.31	0.08	0.08
8	15	0.33	1.67	0.2	0.13	0
9	14	0.29	1.43	0.14	0.14	0.07
10	14	0.07	0.36	0.07	0	0.07
11	15	0.33	1.53	0.2	0.13	0.07
12	15	0.2	1	0	0.2	0.33
13	14	0.21	1.07	0.07	0.14	0.07
14	14	0.36	1.71	0.14	0.21	0
15	16	0.25	1.25	0.19	0.06	0
16	16	0.13	0.5	0.13	0	0.13
17	16	0.19	0.88	0.13	0.06	0.25
18	16	0.06	0.38	0	0.06	0.13
Wildcard Weekend	6	0.17	0.83	0.17	0	0
Divisional Playoffs	4	0.25	1.25	0	0.25	0
Totals	282	4.81	23.42	2.59	2.23	1.57