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polamalubeast
08-09-2014, 01:23 PM
If teams are going to adjust to the renewed emphasis on illegal contact and defensive holding, it hasn’t happened yet.

Friday night’s six preseason games included, based on a review of the official NFL game books, 14 defensive holding penalties and 10 illegal contact fouls. The night before, six preseason games generated 25 flags for defensive holding and nine for illegal contact.

Throwing in the Hall of Fame game, which had five defensive holding fouls and two illegal contact calls, 13 preseason games in 2014 have generated 44 instances of defensive holding and 21 situations involving illegal contact.

The last time the NFL made illegal contact and defensive holding a point of emphasis (in 2004), the flags increased from 79 to 191. The early rate of five combined calls per game projects to a full-season total of 1,280.

The NFL can’t afford to have games bogged down by additional penalties. But the NFL also can’t afford to have teams blatantly commit defensive holding and illegal contact under the assumption that the officials won’t throw a flag every time it happens.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/09/flags-keep-flying-for-illegal-contact-defensive-holding/

SteelerFanInStl
08-09-2014, 04:00 PM
But the NFL also can’t afford to have teams blatantly commit defensive holding and illegal contact under the assumption that the officials won’t throw a flag every time it happens.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/09/flags-keep-flying-for-illegal-contact-defensive-holding/

Why not? That's what they do for offensive holding. There's so much blatant offensive holding that doesn't get called that it's ridiculous.

Shoes
08-09-2014, 06:09 PM
Ike better stay on the bench.

steelreserve
08-10-2014, 10:11 AM
That's what we need, an extra 5 or 6 random flags per game. Welcome to Lawyerball.

polamalubeast
08-10-2014, 05:45 PM
Mike Pereira ‏@MikePereira 5s
Effect of points of emphasis...51 defensive holds, 24 illegal contact, 11 offensive PI, and 30 illegal hands to the face. Thats in 16 games!


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polamalubeast
08-16-2014, 08:50 AM
The Saints have had 22 penalty yesterday.....22

steel striker
08-16-2014, 11:00 AM
It's going to be a long year for defenses this year!

SteelerFanInStl
08-16-2014, 11:12 AM
It's going to be a long year for defenses this year!

The emphasis is on during the preseason. They're pretty much calling everything close. I look for them to scale it back once the regular season starts from everything that's been said.

polamalubeast
08-16-2014, 11:43 AM
ESPN Stats
‏@ESPNStatsInfo
Entering today, 29 illegal contact penalties accepted in 22 NFL preseason games in 2014... 38 accepted in 256 reg. season games all last yr.

https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/500681058229428224