FLOWERY BRANCH – The Falcons have committed 73 penalties through nine games, which is the 13th fewest in league.
The Falcons need to clean up their penalties issues, which include 22 holding penalties and 20 pre-snap penalties, because they need victories over two of the least penalized teams in the league in Carolina and Minnesota.
Carolina has the second-fewest penalties with 59 and Minnesota is the cleanest team in the league with 57 penalties. Buffalo leads the league with 107 penalties followed by Tampa Bay’s 103.
A total of 63 of the Falcons’ penalties have been accepted for 615 yards. Eight have been declined and two were offsetting.
The Falcons have had 32 penalties at home and 31 on the road.
Here’s a look at the Falcons’ penalty report:
Player, Penatly, Yards
Andy Levitre, 7 - 55
Ryan Schraeder, 5 - 35
Vic Beasley, 5 - 20
Robert Alford, 4 -97
Desmond Trufant, 4 -47
Levine Toilolo, 4-40
Roddy White, 4-35
Ricardo Allen, 3-30
Jake Matthews, 3-25
Phillip Adams, 3-21
Chris Chester, 2-20
Adrian Clayborn, 2-20
Ra’Shede Hageman, 2-17
Leonard Hankerson, 2-17
Kemal Ishmael, 2-10
Jacob Tamme, 2-10
O’Brien Schofield, 2-8
Nathan Stupar, 2-5
Kroy Biermann, 2-3
Devonta Freeman, 1-15
Philip Wheeler, 1-15
Paul Worrilow, 1-13
Charles Godfrey, 1-10
Josh Harris, 1-10
James Stone, 1-10
Julio Jones, 1-6
Matt Bosher, 1-5
Bryce Harris, 1-5
Paul Soliai, 1-5
William Moore, 1-1
Mike Person, 1-0
SOURCE: NFL Game Statistics Information System.
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