No Points of Emphasis: The NFL’s Penalty Problem

I have been thinking about this tweet a lot.

Explosive pass plays Wks 1-2 the last few years:

2020: 384

2021: 356

2022: 344

2023: 314

2024: 270

— Sam Monson (@SamMonsonNFL) September 16, 2024 This is a bad thing, because I prefer to spend my time thinking of old Simpsons quotes, and as little time as possible thinking about anything from the Elon mind virus machine, but I think it’s worth focusing on this for a moment because the NFL may have a real problem on their hands. The NFL is historically immune from difficulties and continues to grow at a truly staggering rate, but the NFL has also been quick to react whenever offense has slowed in the past, so they must be at least a little concerned…