Which NFL great does Matt LaFleur of the Packers find “annoying”?

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers lead the league in one category by a wide margin.

If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the Packers’ path to the top of the leaderboard traveled 5 yards each.

The Packers were guilty of four defensive offsides, neutral zone violations or encroachments in their win over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday. Green Bay has been cited for these violations 20 times this season (16 accepted, four rejected). That’s eight more than any other team and more than the six most disciplined teams combined.

“You just had to ask me that question. “You just wanted to get me going today,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur joked a day after the 30-17 win.

Against Miami, Rashan Gary and Kingsley Enagbare were offside in defense.

“The only thing I have to say is that we need to do a much better job on the sites. “It feels like it’s Groundhog Day,” LaFleur said immediately after the game.

Additionally, TJ Slaton was cited for a neutral zone violation (defined as jumping into the neutral zone and causing the offensive player to move) on a field goal and Devonte Wyatt was cited for interference (defined as crossing the line of scrimmage and making a move). of contact) guilty with the offensive player) in defense.

According to NFL penaltiesOn average, teams commit 3.16 defensive offsides, 1.91 neutral zone violations, and 0.59 infractions.

The Packers exceed these numbers with NFL-high results in each case.

While LaFleur’s initial response Monday was somewhat humorous, he was serious when he continued.

“No, it’s really annoying,” he said. “You have to be conscious. I guess we need to drill it some more. I have to get the referees out at training to recognize when a player is offside. I told these people, and obviously just telling it isn’t enough. We need to start checking with officials. It has become such a problem and will kill us.

“It hurt us yesterday. That’s one thing on the defensive side that we definitely need to correct. Shooting, it gave them a chance at the field goal. We put them in the fourth and ninth rounds, we jump offside, they decide to do it, they convert. Luckily we kept them to three, but you still can’t put yourself in situations like that, especially against really good football teams.”

The Packers will play a really good football team – maybe the best football team – on Thursday night at the Detroit Lions.

Dan Campbell’s team was charged with these penalties a total of three times. (The Lions, however, are no choirboys; only two teams have been plagued by more penalty yards.)

In total, the Packers were flagged 100 times (fifth most). Of those, 81 (seventh-most) were received for 589 yards (16th-most). Green Bay’s opponents were rejected 81 times for 644 yards (10th), meaning Green Bay also scores in the shootout and benefits more from penalty yards (up 55, 13th).

Enagbare is tied for first with four offside penalties. Among defensive linemen, no one has committed more accepted penalties than Lukas Van Ness with six penalties, including two neutral zone violations and one defensive offside.

“We have to talk to the referees a little bit and then I think we’ll come back,” Enagbare said.

Packers lead the pack

Here are the number of team penalties from the NFL penalties for defensive offsides, neutral zone violations and encroachments.

Green Bay

Defensive offside: 12. Neutral zone violation: 5. Interference: 3. Total: 20.

Chicago

Defensive offside: 8. Neutral zone violation: 3. Interference: 1. Overall: 12.

NY Jets

Defensive offside: 8. Neutral zone violation: 3. Assault: 0. Total: 11.

Las Vegas

Defensive offside: 6. Neutral zone violation: 4. Interference: 1. Overall: 11.

Washington

Defensive offside: 7. Neutral zone violation: 3. Interference: 1. Overall: 11.

Denver

Defensive offside: 5. Neutral zone violation: 5. Overall: 10.

Cleveland

Defensive offside: 6. Neutral zone violation: 3. Interference: 1. Overall: 10.

LA Rams

Defensive offside: 7. Neutral zone violation: 2. Interference: 1. Overall: 10.

San Francisco

Defensive offside: 6. Neutral zone violation: 2. Interference: 2. Overall: 10.

Jacksonville

Defensive offside: 7. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 0. Overall: 8.

Pittsburgh

Defensive offside: 5. Neutral zone violation: 3. Assault: 0. Overall: 8.

Tampa Bay

Defensive offside: 7. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 0. Overall: 8.

Dallas

Defensive offside: 6. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 1. Overall: 8.

Indianapolis

Defensive offside: 5. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 2. Overall: 8.

Kansas City

Defensive offside: 6. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 0. Total: 7.

NY Giants

Defensive offside: 6. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 0. Total: 7.

Philadelphia

Defensive offside: 4. Neutral zone violation: 0. Interference: 3. Overall: 7.

LA chargers

Defensive offside: 3. Neutral zone violation: 3. Assault: 0. Total: 6.

Baltimore

Defensive offside: 3. Neutral zone violation: 2. Interference: 0. Overall: 5.

buffalo

Defensive offside: 3. Neutral zone violation: 2. Interference: 0. Overall: 5.

Arizona

Defensive offside: 1. Neutral zone violation: 3. Assault: 0. Total: 4.

Atlanta

Defensive offside: 2. Neutral zone violation: 2. Assault: 0. Overall: 4.

Carolina

Defensive offside: 1. Neutral zone violation: 3. Assault: 0. Total: 4.

Houston

Defensive offside: 3. Neutral zone violation: 0. Interference: 1. Overall: 4.

Miami

Defensive offside: 2. Neutral zone violation: 2. Assault: 0. Overall: 4.

Minnesota

Defensive offside: 4. Neutral zone violation: 0. Assault: 0. Overall: 4.

New England

Defensive offside: 2. Neutral zone violation: 2. Assault: 0. Overall: 4.

Cincinnati

Defensive offside: 2. Neutral zone violation: 1. Interference: 1. Overall: 4.

Detroit

Defensive offside: 3. Neutral zone violation: 0. Assault: 0. Overall: 3.

New Orleans

Defensive offside: 2. Neutral zone violation: 1. Assault: 0. Overall: 3.

Tennessee

Defensive offside: 2. Neutral zone violation: 1. Assault: 0. Total: 3.

Seattle

Defensive offside: 1. Neutral zone violation: 0. Interference: 1. Overall: 2.

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