‘Hidden Yards Lost’ additionally harm the Seahawks as a lot as turnovers

Sometimes, soccer coaches will speak about one thing known as “Hidden Yards Lost.” These are the performs that did meaningfully have an effect on the soccer sport, however you received’t discover them mirrored wherever as a result of one other occasion on the sector made it in order that play by no means existed.

Briefly, these are the massive performs that get erased by a penalty.

I went by means of all 17 video games from the Seattle Seahawks this season and tracked the yards that have been misplaced due to penalties.

Under are the outcomes. In the event you’d wish to know the best offender, I can let you know it’s…on the conclusion of this put up.

Listed here are the foundations and preliminary tips:

Guidelines and Pointers for Invisible Yards Misplaced

This seeks to measure the distinction between what a play would have gained, in opposition to the place the ball in the end ended up due to misplaced yards as a result of penalty. For instance, a ten yard acquire negated by an offensive holding penalty could be a complete of 20 “Hidden Yards Lost”
A false begin, a defensive maintain, an offsides, and different infractions that both kill the play or just end in X yards plus new set of downs are usually not the target in Hidden Yards Misplaced
This may overwhelmingly seem like the fault of the offense. Motive being, a defensive penalty provides yards in the identical course because the ball is headed, whereas offensive (and sure particular groups) penalties are what transfer the ball in opposition to the place it was initially headed.
Of these, the first offender are perimeter holding calls. Once more, is smart, as these are sometimes remoted engagements in full view of an official.
There have been some surprises.

At this level within the season, it seems as if Anthony Bradford may be the worst participant in soccer. I stay shocked that he was given a lot time to sow chaos amongst his brethren linemen earlier than lastly a contemporary face entered the combo.

Leonard Williams makes an look as the primary defensive participant to hitch the fray. That play was so bonkers your entire Seattle beat needed to look it up and write about all of it night. Despite the fact that there was a false begin, the play bizarrely continued simply lengthy sufficient for Large Cat to facemask a dude. As we realized – twice(!) this season, a private fall supersedes a lesser penalty. Due to this fact, as an alternative of 5 yards backwards it was 15 yards ahead for the San Francisco 49ers.

Kenneth Walker…woof.

Derick Corridor was having a lot enjoyable.

Two roughing the passer penalties destroyed adverse performs on the offense, whereas Devon Witherspoon cancelled out an enormous sack, and Jerrick Reed threw his hat in for the massive particular groups discipline place cancellation.

To not be outdone, Mike Jerrell misplaced a complete soccer discipline in two performs.

Week 10 had nothing, adopted by the bye week. We resume:

Week 18 had nothing to report

Outcomes

Listed here are the largest yard-subtractors, so as:

Mike Jerrell: 98
DK Metcalf: 72 and a TD
AJ Barner: 64 and a TD
Pharaoh Brown: 58
Kenneth Walker: a 57-yard TD

Notes –

Leonard Williams will get the nod for many defensive yards misplaced at 49, which stunned me due to how properly he performed this season. It was the results of three very unfortunately-timed performs.
Anthony Bradford: at simply 40 yards and a security didn’t even end the season within the prime 5. There have been even a pair different gamers within the fifties.
I’m not going to conclude the identical factor about DK Metcalf that I some folks will. For starters, the offensive cross interference calls are for him blocking whereas one other receiver acquired the ball. I’ve lengthy been a proponent that Metcalf receives a disproportionate quantity of bodily calls in opposition to him due to his dimension and aura, particularly weighed in opposition to the bodily calls that aren’t known as in his favor. The dude is massive and simple to see. I’ll admit the amount of these is alarming, and if anyone insists on persevering with to attempt display performs sooner or later, they’ve acquired to determine easy methods to assist Metcalf out right here.

ONE FINAL NUMBER

In whole, the Seahawks misplaced 802 yards and three touchdowns within the 2024 season that may by no means present up on the stat sheet. Erased from time, virtually like the image of Marty McFly’s household in Again to the Future.