10-23-2024, 08:34 AM
According to NFLpenalties.com, the Vikings have 22 presnap penalties when including defense and special teams.
That’s tied for fourth-most. The Vikings also are the only team in the league to be flagged at least once for each of these presnap infractions: false start (10), illegal formation (four), delay of game (three), illegal shift (two), illegal motion (one) and offensive offsides, which was a guy, Jordan Addison, just flat out lining up offsides.
The Vikings have 21 offensive presnap penalties in six games. That ties Seattle for third-most behind Miami (29) and Cleveland (27). They have had presnap penalties contribute to nine stalled drives. That’s tied with Seattle, Denver and the Chargers for third-most behind Cleveland (13) and Houston (12).
For the record, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips insists the Vikings are at least trying to prevent the game’s easiest mistakes to avoid.
“We have refs at practice,” he said. “They give me a sheet after every practice. We’ve been a lot cleaner throughout practice. We just have to carry that over into games. We need to clean that up.”
Thursday would be a good time to do so.
While the Rams aren’t very good right now, they are the very best at avoiding penalties. They lead the league in fewest flags (33) and fewest penalty yards (237). The Vikings are tied for 13th in number of penalties (53) and 17th in penalty yards (340).
Through seven weeks, teams are averaging 7.6 penalties of all sorts per game. That’s on pace to be the highest since 2019 (8.01).
As for presnap penalties, teams are averaging 2.57 per game. That’s up .41 from last year and .60 from 2022 and would be the highest since NFLpenalties.com began charting penalties in 2009.
The Vikings also are one of three teams that has two players with at least three false starts: left guard Blake Brandel (five) and center Garrett Bradbury (three). Cleveland and Miami are the other teams.
Brandel, an otherwise effective first-year starter, is tied for second in false starts. Houston’s Laremy Tunsil — the guy flagged for three false starts and six presnap penalties in a Week 3 loss at Minnesota — leads the league with seven false starts.
Kansas City’s Jawaan Taylor joins Brandel with five false starts. Those are the only false starts for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. The Chiefs also have league lows in offensive presnap penalties (six) and stalled drives in which a presnap penalty was committed (two).
“Aside from the obvious points of emphasis at the line of scrimmage this year, I would say another reason is play-callers are getting more exotic,” said Harrison Phillips, the nose tackle. “And they’re using cadence as a weapon a lot more. That puts a lot of pressure on the offense.
“Seven years ago when I was playing, we maybe got three or four double counts a game. Now, every other play is a double count, a triple count, a silent, silent-two. You’re going to see more penalties.”
Source: Startribune
That’s tied for fourth-most. The Vikings also are the only team in the league to be flagged at least once for each of these presnap infractions: false start (10), illegal formation (four), delay of game (three), illegal shift (two), illegal motion (one) and offensive offsides, which was a guy, Jordan Addison, just flat out lining up offsides.
The Vikings have 21 offensive presnap penalties in six games. That ties Seattle for third-most behind Miami (29) and Cleveland (27). They have had presnap penalties contribute to nine stalled drives. That’s tied with Seattle, Denver and the Chargers for third-most behind Cleveland (13) and Houston (12).
For the record, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips insists the Vikings are at least trying to prevent the game’s easiest mistakes to avoid.
“We have refs at practice,” he said. “They give me a sheet after every practice. We’ve been a lot cleaner throughout practice. We just have to carry that over into games. We need to clean that up.”
Thursday would be a good time to do so.
While the Rams aren’t very good right now, they are the very best at avoiding penalties. They lead the league in fewest flags (33) and fewest penalty yards (237). The Vikings are tied for 13th in number of penalties (53) and 17th in penalty yards (340).
Through seven weeks, teams are averaging 7.6 penalties of all sorts per game. That’s on pace to be the highest since 2019 (8.01).
As for presnap penalties, teams are averaging 2.57 per game. That’s up .41 from last year and .60 from 2022 and would be the highest since NFLpenalties.com began charting penalties in 2009.
The Vikings also are one of three teams that has two players with at least three false starts: left guard Blake Brandel (five) and center Garrett Bradbury (three). Cleveland and Miami are the other teams.
Brandel, an otherwise effective first-year starter, is tied for second in false starts. Houston’s Laremy Tunsil — the guy flagged for three false starts and six presnap penalties in a Week 3 loss at Minnesota — leads the league with seven false starts.
Kansas City’s Jawaan Taylor joins Brandel with five false starts. Those are the only false starts for the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. The Chiefs also have league lows in offensive presnap penalties (six) and stalled drives in which a presnap penalty was committed (two).
“Aside from the obvious points of emphasis at the line of scrimmage this year, I would say another reason is play-callers are getting more exotic,” said Harrison Phillips, the nose tackle. “And they’re using cadence as a weapon a lot more. That puts a lot of pressure on the offense.
“Seven years ago when I was playing, we maybe got three or four double counts a game. Now, every other play is a double count, a triple count, a silent, silent-two. You’re going to see more penalties.”
Source: Startribune
