With the 2017 NFL season over for the Buffalo Bills, and no more need for weekly recaps, we can finally focus on the real reason behind penalty data: finger-pointing. Let’s get to it with the top ten(ish) lists of worst offenders.
These numbers come from my spreadsheet, which counts declined and offsetting penalties. What we have then is a measurement of the tendency to commit penalties. There’s some skewing still, with players like Eric Wood seeing higher snap totals than Leonard Johnson, for instance, but this gives us a decent handle on things anyway.