No. 8 – Aqib Talib
Enforced Penalties: 5
Resulting Yards: 19
Snaps: 523
Penalties Per 100 Snaps: 0.96
Save for his two penalties on Sunday, Aqib Talib’s infractions haven’t caused a tremendous amount of damage, to date. However, his total yardage numbers are somewhat misleading as several of his penalties have occurred near the goal line and were enforced as half the distance. Those two in the final drive of the Colts, for example, should have gone for 30 yards, but resulted in just eight total yards because of their location on the field.
On the year he’s been called for holding (2), unsportsmanlike conduct, unnecessary roughness and pass interference.
Were it not for that final 2:35 against the Colts, he would have ranked No. 10 (and nearly off) the list. Instead, the two penalties he took on that drive land him squarely at No. 8 and with time to think about what he’s done, thanks to an impeding suspension from the league.
