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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Atlanta Falcons

NFC South

ACCEPTED / GAME
6.7

40 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
64.3

386 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
7th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
−0.8/ game

Below league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

Offensive Holding30%12 accepted
Defensive Pass Interference15%6 accepted
Neutral Zone Infraction10%4 accepted
Unnecessary Roughness8%3 accepted
Delay of Game5%2 accepted
WEEK BY WEEK

Penalty rate

Team penalties / game NFL average · 7.5

6 games in this sample. Frequency describes volume, not accuracy.

More statistical splits
VENUE

Home vs. away

Home17Away23
43% of accepted57% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense14Defense16
35% of accepted40% of accepted

10 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Brad Rogers1 games · 9 acceptedAlex Moore1 games · 6 acceptedShawn Smith1 games · 6 acceptedLand Clark1 games · 8 acceptedBrad Allen1 games · 7 acceptedScott Novak1 games · 4 accepted