38 penalties for 274 yds in 4 games

[casmith07]

It was horrific across the league. Flags on what seemed like every other play.

 

[ConstantReboot]

That's nearly 10 penalties a game this preseason. Despite being the less aggressive team in all 4 games we still racked up more penalties than all of our opponents. Bad players leads to bad technique, I could see this being a year long problem.

The refs control the game now. They can let the other teams slide while call every little ticky tack foul on our team. If this carries over to the season, be prepared for a big disappointment.

This however doesn't only pertain to the Cowboys. A lot of games will be decided on these refs deciding to call a penalty or not. Its no longer the best team wins.

 

[Leadbelly]

It's not entirely dismissible either.

Maybe if more teams were looked at, or even more Cowboys preseason games from prior years.

Without a statistically relevant amount anchored data, people tend to find the answer they were looking for going in.

 

[ShiningStar]

TO be fair, was it on first stringers or all over? We played way more second stringers this pre season.

 

[Zordon]

Maybe if more teams were looked at, or even more Cowboys preseason games from prior years.

Without a statistically relevant amount anchored data, people tend to find the answer they were looking for going in.

Dude this isn't rocket science. Nearly 10 penalties a game for a 4 game stretch is not good, period.

 

[bark]

Now, this is a useful level of information. 25 holding calls, 14 on defense and 11 on offense. I'd say the 14 on defense is pretty consistent with what we've seen from other teams this preseason (i.e., less that 4/game; not sure what the stat ended up being, but the numbers league-wide in the preseason for those penalties were intentionally ridiculous). The 11 offensive holding penalties in 4 games are alarming. Especially since 5 of them were from starters, and those guys really only played ~1.5 games worth of snaps.

Agee with this. The offense cannot shoot themselves in the foot. It has been a problem in the past ( untimely penalties ). Must be fixed and fast . This team has to score points

 

[jobberone]

Maybe if more teams were looked at, or even more Cowboys preseason games from prior years.

Without a statistically relevant amount anchored data, people tend to find the answer they were looking for going in.

I'm big on proper use of stats but I don't need any to know we are committing too many penalties and too often at the 'wrong' time. I would like to see the number of drive killing penalties esp in the RZ.

 

[casmith07]

That's nearly 10 penalties a game this preseason. Despite being the less aggressive team in all 4 games we still racked up more penalties than all of our opponents. Bad players leads to bad technique, I could see this being a year long problem.

Which explains the exorbitant amount of penalties called on all teams, right?

No, it's just us. We're the only team with "bad players and bad technique." ****.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

That's nearly 10 penalties a game this preseason. Despite being the less aggressive team in all 4 games we still racked up more penalties than all of our opponents. Bad players leads to bad technique, I could see this being a year long problem.

Whats the league average? Without some control to compare with it doesn't say much.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Preseason. I cannot stress to people how irrelevant these statistics are.

Go 4-0....likely to be 8-8
Go 0-4....likely to be 7-9
Freaking out over a 1 game difference? Priceless.

 

[BAZ]

Haven't watched much of the preseason, but the talking heads I pay attention to say they were trying to set an example for players and will be less intrusive for the reg season. That being said, I can't see penalties being in the top ten of Cowboy problems. If it is, thats a good sign.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2014/08/flag_day_penalties_are_up_acro.html

According to this through the first two weeks of the preseason the average was 11.8 per game or ~47 over 4 games. The Saints got 22 penalties in a single game. They should just give up.

 

[CCBoy]

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2014/08/flag_day_penalties_are_up_acro.html

According to this through the first two weeks of the preseason the average was 11.8 per game or ~47 over 4 games. The Saints got 22 penalties in a single game. They should just give up.

Who gets all the credit for the real estate gained for a team?

 

[pugilist]

Would love to know what percentage of those were on 3rd downs ultimately extending the opposition' s offensive drive leading to a score

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

It's a process

Yea, well this is just more of the same ole same ole Process. The Process is like:

 

[Zordon]

Whats the league average? Without some control to compare with it doesn't say much.

True but I think it's also relevant how the refs judged us versus our opponents. 26 penalties for 188 yds for our opponents.

 

[Fletch]

That's nearly 10 penalties a game this preseason. Despite being the less aggressive team in all 4 games we still racked up more penalties than all of our opponents. Bad players leads to bad technique, I could see this being a year long problem.

You do understand that is with mainly 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string guys, right? It's not like it's 4 regular season games with nothing but starters and rotational guys. Your argument is fairly flawed.

Hence, preseason. That is what it is for. We'll see what happens when the games start to count.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

True but I think it's also relevant how the refs judged us versus our opponents. 26 penalties for 188 yds for our opponents.

And for all that we were league average over the preseason.

 

[Little Jr]

All teams were flagged a lot. Its been the topic of disucussion on here and many other places.

 

[Leadbelly]

Dude this isn't rocket science. Nearly 10 penalties a game for a 4 game stretch is not good, period.

No, you're right. Not rocket science. It's middle school math. Without more data, the data you have is useless.