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Competition Committee To Discuss Roughing The Passer Penalties

Over the course of the first three weeks of the 2018 regular season, there have been 33 roughing the passer penalties called, excluding one additional call that was offset. The Green Bay Packers have been flagged for five penalties, while the Arizona Cardinals, New Orleans Saints, and Cincinnati Bengals also have more than two. 17 teams have been penalized at least once, and there have been .69 called per game.

During the entirety of the 2017 NFL regular season, there were 107 roughing the passer penalties in 267 games played, an average of just .