No. 6 – T.J. Ward
Enforced Penalties: 5
Resulting Yards: 44
Snaps: 484
Penalties Per 100 Snaps: 1.03
T.J. Ward and Demarcus Ware are tied in penalties per 100 snaps, but Ward earns our higher (lower?) ranking because his yards per penalty are a shade higher. And when we say shade, we mean a sapling’s worth.
Ward and Ware both register 1.03 penalties per 100 snaps, but Ward’s 8.8 yards per penalty are just slightly higher than Ware’s 8.33.
In seven games, Ward has been called for five penalties, each unique, for a total of 44 yards.
Ward has been flagged for holding, unnecessary roughness, pass interference, defensive offside and a neutral zone infraction.
Two of those four penalties came against the Colts on Sunday for a total of 20 yards, nearly half his total on the year.
