No. 9 – Ty Sambrailo
Enforced Penalties: 2
Resulting Yards: 15
Snaps: 215
Penalties Per 100 Snaps: 0.93
It seems somewhat unfair to include Sambrailo on this list – sort of like kicking a man while he’s down – but we did promise a purely statistical list and the numbers don’t lie.
Sambrailo has had a tough year. He was drafted to play right tackle and was moved to left tackle after Ryan Clady went down with a season-ending injury. He was scrutinized, criticized and marginalized by many in the media. John Elway gave Jake Long a long, long look as his possible replacement. And he battled injuries in the early part of the year, eventually succumbing to season-ending surgery of his own.
Still, in his 215 snaps, Sambrailo was flagged twice, once for holding and once for a false start. Only a rookie, Sambrailo will hopefully get healthy in the offseason and start to figure out his position in short order. A left tackle who is regularly flagged is one that doesn’t play.
