Factoid
You might think, with the emphasis on protecting quarterbacks and receivers, that penalties would have increased this year. How many times have we seen drives kept alive with a hit against a defensiveless receiver? Or a hit termed too late or too rough against a quarterback?
But the numbers say otherwise.
Teams averaged 851 yards in the 2012 season. That’s pretty average in comparison with the last 10 years. In five of those 10 years, teams averaged MORE penalty yards.
AVERAGE PENALTY YARDS PER TEAM
Yds Year
864 2002
876 2003
913 2004
931 2005
786 2006
720 2007
712 2008
779 2009
814 2010
867 2011
851 2012
—Ian Allan
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