For years decades, the Raiders have been synonymous with penalties and one of Dennis Allen's first duties was to rectify that situation. While the scoreboard was no friend to the Raiders, the penalty situation did get better from 2011. Of course, as we all recall, 2011 was historically bad as the Raiders set NFL records for penalties and for penalty yardage. They would have to try to do much worse than that.
On the defensive side of the ball, it was also quite bad and memories of penalties at the worst possible times still haunt fans to this day. In 2011, the Raiders defense had a remarkable 91 penalties, 81 accepted, for 756 yards, and 40 first down. Let that sink in. That works out to be about 5.7 penalties per game, 5 accepted, 47 yards, and 2.5 first downs. How did that team win 8 games?
In 2012, those numbers shrunk considerably.
44 total penalties (-52%)
39 accepted (-52%)
372 penalty yards (-51%)
27 first downs surrendered (-47%)
Allen and Tarver managed to basically cut the penalties in half. Perhaps due in part to saying "goodbye" to Stanford Routt (17 penalties in 2011) and Chris Johnson (5 penalties in 4 games). Perhaps partly due to a renewed focus to discipline on the defense.
In 2011, the 4 most penalized Raiders accounted for 45 penalties, basically equivalent to the entire defense in 2011.
Routt : 17 penalties, 17 accepted, 167 yards, 17 first downs
Seymour : 12 penalties, 11 accepted, 95 yards, 6 first downs
Kelly : 8 penalties, 7 accepted, 45 yards, 2 first downs
Houston : 8 penalties, 7 accepted, 43 yards, 2 first downs
Total of these 4 : 45 penalties, 42 accepted, 350 yards, 27 first downs
It looks like this is headed in the right direction and that the Raiders are getting ready to shed that image of Penalty machine.
Here's an itemized list of the 2012 penalties by player :
Player | Week | vs | Down | Dist | Yardline | Penalty | Yards | Accepted |
Adams, Phillip | 14 | DEN | 2 | 4 | 26 | Illegal Use of Hands | 5 | Accepted |
Bartell, Ron | 14 | DEN | 2 | 9 | 10 | Pass Interference | 11 | Accepted |
Branch, Tyvon | 1 | SD | 1 | 10 | 24 | Defensive Holding | 5 | Accepted |
Branch, Tyvon | 14 | DEN | 3 | 6 | 37 | Illegal Contact | 5 | Accepted |
Branch, Tyvon | 9 | TB | 1 | 10 | 30 | Horse Collar Tackle | 15 | Accepted |
Branch, Tyvon | 15 | KC | 1 | 10 | 32 | Unnecessary Roughness | 15 | Accepted |
Bryant, Desmond | 16 | CAR | 3 | 6 | 22 | Roughing the Passer | 15 | Accepted |
Bryant, Desmond | 17 | SD | 3 | 7 | 44 | Roughing the Passer | 13 | Accepted |
Bryant, Desmond | 13 | CLE | 2 | 11 | -46 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Bryant, Desmond | 13 | CLE | 3 | 1 | -10 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Burris, Miles | 16 | CAR | 2 | 5 | -48 | Unnecessary Roughness | 15 | Accepted |
Christo, Bilukidi | 7 | JAX | 1 | 10 | 11 | Offsides | 5 | Accepted |
Curry, Aaron | 10 | BAL | 1 | 10 | 26 | Unnecessary Roughness | 15 | Accepted |
Francies, Coye | 15 | KC | 3 | 10 | -36 | Pass Interference | 27 | Accepted |
Giordano, Matt | 14 | DEN | 2 | 5 | -24 | Pass Interference | 23 | Accepted |
Houston, Lamar | 12 | CIN | 3 | 6 | 20 | Disqualification | 15 | Declined |
Houston, Lamar | 9 | TB | 3 | 3 | -11 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Houston, Lamar | 10 | BAL | 3 | 8 | -12 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Houston, Lamar | 17 | SD | 3 | 6 | 23 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Houston, Lamar | 17 | SD | 1 | 5 | -48 | Offsides | 5 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 12 | CIN | 3 | 6 | 20 | Disqualification | 15 | Declined |
Kelly, Tommy | 9 | TB | 1 | 10 | 10 | Roughing the Passer | 15 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 3 | PIT | 2 | 11 | -11 | Unnecessary Roughness | 15 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 16 | CAR | 3 | 10 | 20 | Unnecessary Roughness | 15 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 1 | SD | 3 | 1 | 19 | Encroachment | 5 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 13 | CLE | 2 | 9 | 36 | Encroachment | 5 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 17 | SD | 1 | 10 | 47 | Encroachment | 5 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 7 | JAX | 2 | 7 | 38 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 1 | SD | 3 | 3 | 36 | Offsides | 5 | Accepted |
Kelly, Tommy | 14 | DEN | 2 | 2 | -43 | Offsides | 5 | Accepted |
Mitchell, Mike | 16 | CAR | 3 | 3 | 33 | Defensive Holding | 5 | Declined |
Seymour, Richard | 8 | KC | 1 | 10 | -20 | Roughing the Passer | 10 | Accepted |
Seymour, Richard | 4 | DEN | 3 | 4 | 37 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Seymour, Richard | 9 | TB | 1 | 10 | -34 | Offsides | 5 | Accepted |
Shaughnessy, Matt | 6 | ATL | 1 | 10 | 20 | Roughing the Passer | 15 | Accepted |
Shaughnessy, Matt | 7 | JAX | 1 | 5 | 16 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 5 | Accepted |
Shaughnessy, Matt | 2 | MIA | 2 | 1 | 29 | Offsides | 5 | Declined |
Spencer, Shawntae | 2 | MIA | 1 | 10 | 20 | Pass Interference | 18 | Accepted |
Tollefson, Dave | 6 | ATL | 3 | 1 | -1 | Neutral Zone Infraction | 0 | Accepted |
Wheeler, Philip | 6 | ATL | 3 | 13 | 17 | Defensive Holding | 5 | Accepted |
Wheeler, Philip | 14 | DEN | 3 | 5 | 37 | Defensive Holding | 5 | Accepted |
Wheeler, Philip | 16 | CAR | 3 | 3 | -3 | Defensive Holding | 5 | Declined |
Wheeler, Philip | 10 | BAL | 2 | 7 | 33 | Facemask | 15 | Accepted |
Wheeler, Philip | 10 | BAL | 3 | 15 | -37 | Unnecessary Roughness | 15 | Accepted |
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