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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Washington Commanders

NFC East

ACCEPTED / GAME
7.7

46 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
59.8

359 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
18th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
+0.2/ game

Above league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

False Start22%10 accepted
Offensive Holding15%7 accepted
Delay of Game9%4 accepted
Unnecessary Roughness7%3 accepted
Defensive Holding7%3 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

Home28Away18
61% of accepted39% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense28Defense12
61% of accepted26% of accepted

6 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Shawn Smith1 games · 6 acceptedShawn Hochuli1 games · 5 acceptedCarl Cheffers1 games · 9 acceptedAlan Eck1 games · 10 acceptedClete Blakeman1 games · 9 acceptedAdrian Hill1 games · 7 accepted