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Penalties are an under-discussed aspect of NFL success and failure. Average teams can become playoff contenders with good discipline, and good teams can become great simply by winning the penalty battle.
Let's look at how the Green Bay Packers performed from a penalty perspective in 2024 and where they can improve in 2025.
How Did Penalties Impact the Green Bay Packers?
The Good
- The Packers offense was the No. 1 beneficiary of automatic first downs via penalty on all important third down plays.
- The Packers defense ranked 28th at surrendering automatic first downs via penalty. Additionally, Green Bay surrendered the second-fewest yards per infraction in this category, behind only the Buffalo Bills.
- The defense (and crowd) was a top-five unit at generating delay of game, illegal shifts, and offensive holding on opposing offenses at Lambeau Field.
- Only 38.5% of the Packers' penalties were committed in the second half of games, the lowest percentage of any team in 2024 in the second half.
The Bad
- Offensive holding was a major issue for the Packers, particularly on the road. Green Bay finished the season ranked as a top-three penalized road team in this category.
- The Packers defense ranked in the top three penalized units for neutral zone infractions and defensive offsides. This isn't necessarily bad, as evidence suggests a high rate of these penalties results in an increased rate of negative penalties on the opposing offense, but it is worth monitoring again in 2025.
Grade: A
Heading into 2025, can Green Bay move on an upward trajectory in Jordan Love‘s third season as the full time starting quarterback after being a Wild Card team the past two seasons?
The Packers spent the offseason adding support around him, hoping to unlock his higher end potential and more consistent offensive production overall.
Green Bay has a foundation that many teams would die for, with a stable front office that has constructed an opportunistic defense and a talented young offense.
Bottom line, the Packers need a more consistent version of Love if they want to go to the next level.
If that comes to fruition, they will pivot from a talented but erratic fringe playoff team to a legitimate Super Bowl contender in 2025.
This analysis continues in the 2025 Football Preview
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