NFL Passing yards per game down - 2nd lowest total since 2013

[2020 Our Year For Sure]

I wonder if the league is calling less DPI, illegal contact, defensive holding. For a long time it was illegal to play defense at all, I wonder if this data is just the result of the league swinging it back the other way a bit.

[Big Blitz]

33 minutes ago, 2020 Our Year For Sure said:

I wonder if the league is calling less DPI, illegal contact, defensive holding. For a long time it was illegal to play defense at all, I wonder if this data is just the result of the league swinging it back the other way a bit.

 

 

I've spent the last 2 weeks convinced less and less penalties have been called since the Bills-Jags debacle.

 

I'm going to post the link I used for someone else to dig into and verify but this is what I've found:

 

Penalties per game up to Nov. 15 (post Jags)

 

 

 

Penalties per game after week 18:

 

 

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/penalties-per-game

Edited January 12, 2022 by Big Blitz