Comments on: 538: The Raiders Commit A Lot Of Penalties…. Because They’re Good? http://www.footballperspective.com/538-the-raiders-commit-a-lot-of-penalties-because-theyre-good/ NFL History and Stats Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richie http://www.footballperspective.com/538-the-raiders-commit-a-lot-of-penalties-because-theyre-good/#comment-319996 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:32:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=31140#comment-319996 A year or two you did a penalty breakdown by type. I seem to remember the conclusion was that certain types of penalties might be better correlated with winning than others.

With the Raiders penalties last week, I count:
1 taunting
6 off holding (1 offsetting, 1 declined)
2 def holding (1 declined)
1 grounding
1 off PI
1 def PI
1 def offside
3 roughness
2 illegal use of hands
2 illegal formation
1 ineligible downfield
2 false start
1 illegal block

I would say the taunting, illegal formation and ineligible downfield are not conducive to winning.
The false starts probably are not. Maybe it’s aggressiveness, but I think it’s just a mistake.

I think everything else could be associated with aggressiveness (holding, PI, offside, etc.), intimidation (roughness) or just a smart play (grounding, PI, holding, etc.).

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