I swear, half of the plays in the games I watch have a penalty. It just kills the flow of the game seeing a flag all the time, it feels like games back in the 00’s were not like this.

  • jfgivBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    really hasn’t been that pronounced even in the usual suspects of “game’s gotten soft”:

    Season Defensive Pass Interference Defensive Holding Roughing the Passer Unnecessary Roughness
    1999 1.09 0.50 0.27 0.56
    2000 1.01 0.63 0.30 0.48
    2001 0.88 0.42 0.31 0.34
    2002 0.93 0.49 0.39 0.50
    2003 0.86 0.59 0.42 0.55
    2004 0.69 0.57 0.50 0.43
    2005 0.78 0.77 0.45 0.42
    2006 0.64 0.50 0.37 0.52
    2007 0.57 0.32 0.23 0.48
    2008 0.61 0.49 0.22 0.60
    2009 0.69 0.41 0.26 0.52
    2010 0.76 0.39 0.34 0.64
    2011 0.80 0.48 0.39 0.74
    2012 0.95 0.56 0.36 0.85
    2013 0.94 0.67 0.35 1.06
    2014 0.80 0.84 0.39 0.82
    2015 0.90 0.85 0.39 0.89
    2016 1.09 0.80 0.33 0.76
    2017 1.04 0.93 0.41 0.78
    2018 0.93 0.93 0.45 0.80
    2019 1.05 0.95 0.52 0.61
    2020 1.20 0.66 0.48 0.63
    2021 1.10 0.57 0.55 0.59
    2022 0.83 0.77 0.34 0.57
    2023 1.09 0.74 0.43 0.65

    We’re talking about an extra defensive holding every five games. an extra roughing the passer every eight.