Are we the most penalized team in the NFL

[BigBill1945]

I thought I heard the announcers say that. It does not surprise me if true.

 

[kidhawk]

Yes we are

 

[JPatera76]

They'll call PI's (not 100%) on seattle but not the Cardinals ... GTFO (not you, the official lol)... Williams Tackling JSN before the ball arrived, Bobo being mugged lol

 

[cymatica]

Most penalized in 2013....

 

[sc85sis]

No. Middle of the pack according to this site. https://www.footballdb.com/stats/penalties.html

 

[FattyKnuckle]

They'll call PI's on seattle but not the Cardinals ... GTFO (not you, the official lol)... Williams Tackling JSN before the ball arrived, Bobo being mugged lol

They didn't call PI on Seattle.

 

[kidhawk]

No. Middle of the pack according to this site. https://www.footballdb.com/stats/penalties.html

Interesting link. I see we do lead in other penalties by a wide margin but not overall

 

[kidhawk]

After thinking about it, I realized that the reason that list above shows us as middle of the pack is it is showing the total number of penalties and we have a game less than a lot of teams. I found this page that breaks it out pretty well, and if you count all flags (including declined), we lead the league in flags per game.

NFL Penalties - 2023 League Penalty Stats - View by Per Game

Per Game penalty statistics for the 2023 NFL season, viewed by team. Stats include accepted penalties and which team benefitted from them.

www.nflpenalties.com

Even if we weren't the worst in the league, I'd still say we need to improve it. I do believe that when players push themselves to play hard, there are likely to be more penalties, but they just need to clean up the dumb stuff.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Pete teams have always been massively penalized and lacked a lot of discipline. The LOB was always way up there in penalties. But, they got the job done. Now we are seeing a Defense that is getting better at a rapid pace.