Originally posted on 11/09/2017:

Quote Originally Posted by SportsHec8 View Post
Dave, are penalties something that regresses in your opinion?

Outside of the 2011 oakland year, no one else since 2003 has averaged over 10 penalties per game.

I'm seeing 15.5 penalties in the props market.

With the league average being 6.6 and arizona sitting at 6.8, a little algebra would tell you to expect 17 penalties.

Regression from extreme levels would tell me something closer to 14.

Any thoughts? thank you!
That is a terrific question, which will bring a not-so-terrifc answer. Might a case be made that because the penalties literally bit the Seahawks on the scoreboard Sunday, might there be even more focus on playing clean tonight? There is logic to that. But there is also the issue of an OL that can't seem to stay set until the snap being out there at night in a dome, where false starts are a little more likely.

That is the long way around saying that I don't have a clue...