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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Penalties again a problem for Eagles

We forgot to do the weekly Eagles penalty count last week.

And it seems fitting to post the numbers right away after the Birds' 31-23 loss to the Chargers.

The Eagles were called for nine penalties, totaling 70 yards.

The breakdown was: four on defense, three on special teams and two on offense.

Ther personal foul on Moise Fokou is becoming a weekly staple. The rookie is now tied with Stacy Andrews for the team lead with five penalties on the season. He leads all Eagles with 58 penalty yards.

New Eagle Ramzee Robinson jumped offsides on a 3rd-and-2 in the third quarter when it appeared the Chargers would have to settle for a field goal. They went on to score a touchdown on the drive.

Against the Cowboys, the Eagles had eight penalties for 82 yards: five on offense, two on defense and one on special teams.

Here's the breakdown on the season:

Number of penalties

Moise Fokou - 5
Stacy Andrews - 5
Jason Peters - 4
Todd Herremans - 4
Nick Cole - 3
DeSean Jackson - 3
Darren Howard - 3
Asante Samuel – 3
Sean Jones - 2
Macho Harris – 2
Quintin Demps - 2
Jason Babin - 2
Donovan McNabb - 2
Jeremy Maclin - 2
Winston Justice - 2
Jason Avant – 2
Tracy White – 2
Trent Cole - 2
Juqua Parker - 2
Dimitri Patterson - 2
Chris Clemons - 1
Joselio Hanson - 1
Leonard Weaver – 1
Mike Patterson - 1
Eldra Buckley – 1
Chris Gocong – 1
Victor Abiamiri - 1
Sheldon Brown - 1
Jeremiah Trotter - 1
Ramzee Robinson - 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

Fokou - 58
Samuel - 43
D. Jackson – 30
Harris – 30
Avant - 30
Andrews – 25
Maclin - 25
Peters - 25
Gocong - 24
Demps – 22
Herremans - 22
Babin - 20
Parker - 20
White - 16
Jones - 15
Howard - 15
N. Cole - 15
Abiamiri -12
Clemons - 11
McNabb - 10
Justice - 10
D. Patterson - 10
T. Cole - 10
Howard – 7
M. Patterson - 5
Hanson - 5
Buckley - 5
S. Brown - 5
Trotter - 5
Robinson - 5
Weaver - 3

By unit

Offense – 26 for 177
Defense – 24 for 199
Special teams – 17 for 147

Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 8:46 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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Posted 09:45 PM, 11/15/2009
lukebonbon
How about a 5 minute major for sucking the life out of me?
Posted 12:52 AM, 11/16/2009
MG44
You need to provide more analysis. The penalties were FAR more costly than the stat sheet reflects. Two of the 5-yard penalties on the D gave SD first downs. The two special teams blunders cost us probably a total of 60-70 field position yards between them, and we even lined up offsides on a kickoff!! And, I know Maclin's young (and it's not a penalty), but how do you fair catch a 50-plus yard punt with no Charger near you at your own 5 --one that has a 95% chance of going into the end zone?
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Posted 03:02 PM, 11/16/2009
tornadoh
Didn't we lose in large part because we couldn't gain one yard in 3 tries?