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Thought I would create a thread where we can track and discuss, as objectively as possible, the variance of penalties called each week for the Saints and their opponents.

I will update this thread weekly and built on it as we go.


Week 1: vs TB
Saints 6 for 119
Bucs 9 for 103

Bucs other games
5 for 37
9 for 71
8 for 90
11 for 109
0 for 0
4 for 20


Week 2: @ Raiders
Saints 10 for 129
Raiders 3 for 13

Raiders other games
3 for 40
6 for 40
7 for 65
8 for 59
4 for 35


Week 3: vs Packers
Saints 8 for 83
Packers 2 for 10

Packers other games
6 for 63
8 for 60
3 for 30
6 for 76
5 for 40


Week 4: @ Lions
Saints 4 for 67
Lions 5 for 49

Lions other games
8 for 77
7 for 80
7 for 46
7 for 60
5 for 50


Week 5: vs Chargers
Saints 5 for 60
Chargers 1 for 5

Chargers other games
6 for 35
6 for 40
8 for 60
7 for 60
3 for 35


Week 6: vs Panthers
Saints 6 for 50
Panthers 1 for 5

Panthers other games
8 for 69
4 for 25
10 for 72
3 for 30
9 for 77
6 for 65

Week 7 at Bears
Saints 5 for 45
Bears 7 for 53 (did the NFL see this thread??)

Bears other games
6 for 48
5 for 48
10 for 80
8 for 103
6 for 66
10 for 92
6 for 46

Week 8 at Bucs
Saints 3 for 28(!!)
Bucs 5 for 39

Check out this thread by LiterOCola last season which highlights a more systemic issue:

And yet more data gathered by SaintJ:

 
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So 6 games in. 5 of those games the other team has tied or set their season record for the lowest amount of penalties committed. Just a coincidence I suppose. /s

Last year I did a similar penalty stat analysis. After week two (when the league stopped calling offensive holding every other series), out of 9 teams, every team was well below their season average when playing the Saints, and 5 of those teams it was their season low (and one of those teams was top 5 in penalty yards up to that point).

Amazing how every team suddenly doesn’t get penalties the week they play the Saints. Then goes back to their expected average afterward.
 
In the last game against Carolina I counted at least three facemasks that were not called and that is what I saw on the replays.
Amazing thing about that is that it's the guy with the ball (center of attention) and it wasn't called. I could see missing a facemask penalty when it happens away from the play but when the ball carrier has his facemask pulled that's not missing it that's ignoring it.
 
This is wild.

Yeah I would say in all of the stats where the opposing team's penalty count was drastically down when they played us...if we went back and counted the blatant flags that SHOULD have been called (e.g. the 2 facemasks on Kamara last week and the bogus illegal block call on Smith) then their numbers would be more on par with what they usually get called for. Panthers would have had 4 last week.
 
Thought I would create a thread where we can track and discuss, as objectively as possible, the variance of penalties called each week for the Saints and their opponents.

I will update this thread weekly and built on it as we go.


Week 1: vs TB
Saints 6 for 119
Bucs 9 for 103

Bucs other games
5 for 37
9 for 71
8 for 90
11 for 109
0 for 0
4 for 20

Week 2: @ Raiders
Saints 10 for 129
Raiders 3 for 13

Raiders other games
3 for 40
6 for 40
7 for 65
8 for 59
4 for 35

Week 3: vs Packers
Saints 8 for 83
Packers 2 for 10

Packers other games
6 for 63
8 for 60
3 for 30
6 for 76
5 for 40

Week 4: @ Lions
Saints 4 for 67
Lions 5 for 49

Lions other games
8 for 77
7 for 80
7 for 46
7 for 60
5 for 50

Week 5: vs Chargers
Saints 5 for 60
Chargers 1 for 5

Chargers other games
6 for 35
6 for 40
8 for 60
7 for 60
3 for 35


Week 6: vs Panthers
Saints 6 for 50
Panthers 1 for 5

Panthers other games
8 for 69
4 for 25
10 for 72
3 for 30
9 for 77
6 for 65
Statistically, this isn't coincidental.

I'm just saying.
 
As everyone knows, this goes back years. I seem to recall that Saint J did a really detailed analysis of the "opponents called against" a few years back on his blog. It sure would be nice if a national writer would pick this story up with the statistics but I think even Florio would be afraid to touch this one.
 
Last year I did a similar penalty stat analysis. After week two (when the league stopped calling offensive holding every other series), out of 9 teams, every team was well below their season average when playing the Saints, and 5 of those teams it was their season low (and one of those teams was top 5 in penalty yards up to that point).

Amazing how every team suddenly doesn’t get penalties the week they play the Saints. Then goes back to their expected average afterward.
As everyone knows, this goes back years. I seem to recall that Saint J did a really detailed analysis of the "opponents called against" a few years back on his blog. It sure would be nice if a national writer would pick this story up with the statistics but I think even Florio would be afraid to touch this one.

I would be happy to include links to those threads for quick reference/further analysis.
 

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