Too many penalties this year? After three weeks, it looks like penalties are going to be up by over 3,000 yards. (Maybe fantasy rosters should include a referee position – a point per penalty, and 1 for every 10 yards).
If the current pace continues, we’ll finish with 3,760 penalties this season – over 300 more than last year.
And we’re currently on pace for 32,603 yards in penalties. Remarkably, that’s almost 10,00 more yards than back in 2008. Different game.
PENALTIES CLIMBING | ||
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Year | Penalties | Yards |
2002 | 3,328 | 27,645 |
2003 | 3,378 | 28,026 |
2004 | 3,570 | 29,215 |
2005 | 3,720 | 29,797 |
2006 | 3,045 | 25,165 |
2007 | 2,932 | 23,042 |
2008 | 2,867 | 22,798 |
2009 | 3,030 | 24,923 |
2010 | 3,100 | 26,053 |
2011 | 3,288 | 27,752 |
2012 | 3,213 | 27,221 |
2013 | 3,447 | 29,695 |
2014 | 3,386 | 28,428 |
2015 | 3,545 | 30,095 |
2016 | 3,447 | 29,695 |
2017 | 3,420 | 29,573 |
2018 | 3,760 | 32,603 |
—Ian Allan