Patriots = 0 penalties last night

Thigpen82 · Oct 17, 2018

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As an alternative to the whining and moaning about lack of penalties called on the Pats.

Perhaps we might reflect on why the Stillers are not just #1 with the most pentalties and penalties yds, but are also ahead in penalties yards by a wide margin, their 528 penalties yds are 98 yds more (20% more) than #3 KC. They have 200 yds more in penalties than teams in middle of the pack.

That's about 33 yds a game more than the average team. You can blame it on the evil, biased NFL or you can blame it on an undisciplined team - coaches and players. Personally, I blame the latter.

Maybe they're getting some bad calls, but take away what you think is the most egregious penalty from each of each of their games. You'd still have 52 penalties and you'd still lead the league.
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The other question is why they are so high THIS season, when in recent years we’ve sat around 20th in total penalties. What’s changed?

Also worth noting, for all those saying “coaching, discipline” etc., that in 2017 NE were 25th in total penalties to our 20th, and 21st to our 20th in 2015. So not actually a massive gap.

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