Atlanta Falcons

2017

Penalty Counts

The Atlanta Falcons have played 18 games. The Rank columns refer to overall league rank for that type of penalty. Offsetting and Declined penalties are listed in the "Dismissed" column, but are otherwise ignored.

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Name	Against	League Avg	League Avg-Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Home	Away	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	18	16.5	-1.5	89	21	104	0	7	11	18T	3T
Unnecessary Roughness	11	6.63	-4.37	165	7	99	1	2	9	30	12T
Defensive Pass Interference	10	8.66	-1.34	199	7	101	1	3	7	23T	19T
Face Mask (15 Yards)	1	2.84	1.84	15	3	37	0	0	1	3T	7T
Offensive Pass Interference	1	3.66	2.66	10	10	90	1	0	1	2T	2
Illegal Shift	0	0.81	0.81	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	8T
Offensive Holding	24	21.19	-2.81	228	23	229	3	14	10	19T	10
Roughing the Passer	3	3.34	0.34	42	2	30	1	1	2	8T	21T
Illegal Contact	0	1	1	0	2	10	0	0	0	1T	5T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	7	5.41	-1.59	68	4	33	5	4	3	19T	22T
Illegal Use of Hands	1	3.44	2.44	5	4	25	1	0	1	5T	6T
Intentional Grounding	1	1.16	0.16	10	0	0	1	0	1	11T	22T
Defensive Offside	3	5.72	2.72	11	2	10	2	2	1	3T	28T
Tripping	2	0.31	-1.69	20	0	0	0	1	1	31T	10T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	1	2.22	1.22	15	3	40	0	0	1	5T	8T
Delay of Game	1	4	3	5	2	10	1	0	1	2T	23T
Defensive 12 On-field	1	1.38	0.38	5	0	0	0	0	1	7T	19T
Horse Collar Tackle	0	0.66	0.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	16T
Encroachment	2	1.69	-0.31	10	1	5	0	0	2	15T	16T
Defensive Holding	10	7.75	-2.25	50	11	56	2	4	6	24T	5T
Illegal Formation	1	1.41	0.41	5	2	10	1	0	1	10T	7T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0.22	0.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Offside on Free Kick	1	1.03	0.03	5	0	0	0	1	0	12T	23T
Neutral Zone Infraction	7	4.03	-2.97	35	4	20	0	3	4	26T	10T
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0.09	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Illegal Motion	0	0.34	0.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	0.44	0.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	14T
Illegal Crackback	1	0.13	-0.87	15	0	0	0	0	1	29T	5T
Illegal Substitution	1	0.19	-0.81	5	0	0	0	0	1	28T	6T
Offensive 12 On-field	0	0.31	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Chop Block	0	0.22	0.22	0	1	15	0	0	0	1T	2T
Clipping	0	0.16	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0.13	0.13	0	1	15	0	0	0	1T	1T
Leverage	0	0.28	0.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Player Out of Bounds on Punt	0	0.34	0.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	12T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0.25	0.25	0	1	5	0	0	0	1T	1T
Low Block	1	0.22	-0.78	15	0	0	0	0	1	26T	6T
Interference with Opportunity to Catch	1	0.13	-0.87	15	0	0	0	1	0	29T	4T
Invalid Fair Catch Signal	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Disqualification	0	0.19	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0.13	0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Taunting	0	0.63	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	17T
Leaping	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Bat	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Blindside Block	0	0.31	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	10T
Short Free Kick	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Kickoff Out of Bounds	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Peelback	0	0.06	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Delay of Kickoff	0	0.03	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Totals	110	110.19	0.19	1042	112	949	20	43	67

Penalty Counts - Per Game

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Name	Against	Yards Lost	Benefit	Benefit Yards	Dismissed	Rank	Beneficiary Rank
False Start	1	4.94	1.17	5.78	0	15T	9
Unnecessary Roughness	0.61	9.17	0.39	5.5	0.06	30	14
Defensive Pass Interference	0.56	11.06	0.39	5.61	0.06	21	22
Face Mask (15 Yards)	0.06	0.83	0.17	2.06	0	4T	12T
Offensive Pass Interference	0.06	0.56	0.56	5	0.06	3	2
Illegal Shift	0	0	0.06	0.28	0	1T	13T
Offensive Holding	1.33	12.67	1.28	12.72	0.17	15T	13
Roughing the Passer	0.17	2.33	0.11	1.67	0.06	10T	25
Illegal Contact	0	0	0.11	0.56	0	1T	7T
Illegal Block Above the Waist	0.39	3.78	0.22	1.83	0.28	21T	25
Illegal Use of Hands	0.06	0.28	0.22	1.39	0.06	5	15
Intentional Grounding	0.06	0.56	0	0	0.06	13	22T
Defensive Offside	0.17	0.61	0.11	0.56	0.11	4T	28
Tripping	0.11	1.11	0	0	0	31	10T
Roughing the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Unsportsmanlike Conduct	0.06	0.83	0.17	2.22	0	5T	13
Delay of Game	0.06	0.28	0.11	0.56	0.06	2	30
Defensive 12 On-field	0.06	0.28	0	0	0	9T	19T
Horse Collar Tackle	0	0	0	0	0	1T	16T
Encroachment	0.11	0.56	0.06	0.28	0	16T	24T
Defensive Holding	0.56	2.78	0.61	3.11	0.11	24	6T
Illegal Formation	0.06	0.28	0.11	0.56	0.06	11	8T
Illegal Touch Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Offside on Free Kick	0.06	0.28	0	0	0	13T	23T
Neutral Zone Infraction	0.39	1.94	0.22	1.11	0	26	11
Defensive Delay of Game	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Ineligible Downfield Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Running Into the Kicker	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Illegal Motion	0	0	0	0	0	1T	11T
Ineligible Downfield Pass	0	0	0	0	0	1T	14T
Illegal Crackback	0.06	0.83	0	0	0	30	5T
Illegal Substitution	0.06	0.28	0	0	0	28	6T
Offensive 12 On-field	0	0	0	0	0	1T	8T
Chop Block	0	0	0.06	0.83	0	1T	6
Clipping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	6T
Fair Catch Interference	0	0	0.06	0.83	0	1T	2T
Leverage	0	0	0	0	0	1T	9T
Player Out of Bounds on Punt	0	0	0	0	0	1T	12T
Illegal Forward Pass	0	0	0.06	0.28	0	1T	8
Low Block	0.06	0.83	0	0	0	27	6T
Interference with Opportunity to Catch	0.06	0.83	0	0	0	30	4T
Invalid Fair Catch Signal	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Disqualification	0	0	0	0	0	1T	7T
Illegal Touch Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	4T
Taunting	0	0	0	0	0	1T	17T
Leaping	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Bat	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Blindside Block	0	0	0	0	0	1T	10T
Short Free Kick	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Kickoff Out of Bounds	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Illegal Peelback	0	0	0	0	0	1T	3T
Delay of Kickoff	0	0	0	0	0	1T	2T
Totals	6.18	57.9	6.25	52.74	1.15