THINKS THE EAGLES STOLE ONE
Not a good showing on the penalty front for the Eagles Monday night.
They were penalized 12 times for 66 yards and are now seventh in the NFL in penalties (45) and penalty yards (356).
Winston Justice was whistled for his first penalty of the season, a false start. Jason Babin, Todd Herremans and Mike Patterson were also flagged for the first times.
Stacy Andrews now leads the team with four penalties on the season.
DeSean Jackson and Macho Harris lead with 30 penalty yards apiece.
The offense was called for six penalties for 27 yards. The 'D' had four for 17. And there were two on special teams for 22 yards against the 'Skins.
Here's the breakdown on the season:
Number of penalties
Stacy Andrews - 4
Nick Cole - 3
DeSean Jackson - 3
Darren Howard - 3
Todd Herremans - 2
Jason Peters - 2
Sean Jones - 2
Asante Samuel – 2
Macho Harris – 2
Quintin Demps - 2
Donovan McNabb - 2
Winston Justice - 1
Mike Patterson - 1
Juqua Parker - 1
Chris Clemons - 1
Joselio Hanson - 1
Leonard Weaver – 1
Jason Avant – 1
Tracy White – 1
Trent Cole - 1
Moise Fokou - 1
Eldra Buckley – 1
Dimitri Patterson - 1
Chris Gocong – 1
Victor Abiamiri - 1
Jason Babin - 1
Note: The Eagles' defense was called for an offsides in Week 1 (officially 6 yards), but it was not attributed to any one player. The 'D' was also called for a 5-yard illegal contact penalty in Week 6 and an offsides in Week 7. Penalties that were declined were not included in the breakdown.
Penalty yards
D. Jackson – 30
Harris – 30
Samuel - 28
Gocong - 24
Demps – 22
Andrews – 20
Parker - 15
Avant - 15
Jones - 15
Howard - 15
N. Cole - 15
Abiamiri -12
Clemons - 11
Peters - 10
Fokou - 10
McNabb - 10
Herremans - 7
Howard – 7
White - 6
Justice - 5
M. Patterson - 5
Hanson - 5
D. Patterson - 5
Buckley - 5
Babin - 5
T. Cole - 5
Weaver - 3
By unit
Offense – 17 for 97
Defense – 16 for 152
Special teams – 12 for 107
