The Green Bay Packers committed 110 penalties accepted by the opposition during the 2019 season. Matt LaFleur’s team had 50 penalties at home and 60 away, and the 110 penalties added up to 850 total yards.
Counting the 19 declined and five offsetting penalties called against the Packers, the offense committed 72 total penalties, while the defense had 42 and the special teams finished with 20.
Left tackle David Bakhtiari led the way with 12 accepted penalties, while quarterback Aaron Rodgers and guard Elgton Jenkins both had 10 penalties. Bakhtiari had six holding penalties and five false starts, leading the Packers in both categories. Rodgers was credited with eight of the team’s 10 delay of game penalties.
Penalty leaders
| Player | Penalties | Yards | Declined |
| David Bakhtiari | 12 | 94 | 0 |
| Aaron Rodgers | 10 | 55 | 2 |
| Elgton Jenkins | 10 | 85 | 0 |
| Za’Darius Smith | 7 | 57 | 1 |
| Bryan Bulaga | 6 | 40 | 1 |
| Kenny Clark | 6 | 46 | 1 |
| Tony Brown | 5 | 30 | 1 |
| Tramon Williams | 5 | 45 | 0 |
| Allen Lazard | 4 | 35 | 0 |
Nine of Bakhtiari’s 12 penalties were committed within the first nine weeks. He had just three over the final nine games, including zero penalties between Week 14 and the NFC title game.
Delay of game penalties can be attributed partly to an offense learning new verbiage in a new scheme and Rodgers and LaFleur getting on the same page calling plays.
Cornerback Kevin King had the most penalties declined with three.
The Packers led the NFL in delay of game penalties with 10. They were also tied for the eighth-most false start penalties, highlighting some of the pre-snap issues of the offense. The Packers had the second-most offensive pass interference penalties, but also the third-fewest defensive pass interference penalties and second-fewest defensive holding penalties.
The Packers are often viewed as a team that gets away with offensive holding, but they were penalized at exactly the league average in 2019. Bakhtiari and Jenkins both had six, while Bulaga had three. Corey Linsley and Billy Turner, the two other starters along the offensive, had just one apiece.
Penalty type
| Penalty | No. | League Average | Yards lost |
| False start | 23 | 18 | 115 |
| Holding | 22 | 22 | 218 |
| Delay of game | 10 | 4 | 50 |
| Offensive PI | 7 | 3 | 70 |
| Defensive PI | 5 | 8 | 61 |
| Unnecessary roughness | 4 | 5 | 52 |
| Roughing the passer | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| Illegal block | 4 | 5 | 40 |
| Illegal use of hands | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Defensive offside | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Neutral zone infraction | 4 | 5 | 17 |
The Packers had the 13th fewest penalties overall, including postseason games. Twice, they committed 10 penalties, but they committed five or fewer eight different times. Overall, the Packers were dinged for the seventh-fewest penalty yards in the NFL.
Penalties by week
| Week | Opp. | Penalties | Yards |
| 1 | at CHI | 10 | 71 |
| 2 | vs. MIN | 6 | 35 |
| 3 | vs. DEN | 7 | 53 |
| 4 | vs. PHI | 5 | 50 |
| 5 | at DAL | 9 | 78 |
| 6 | vs. DET | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | vs. OAK | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | at KC | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | vs. CAR | 10 | 64 |
| 12 | at SF | 5 | 50 |
| 13 | at NYG | 7 | 54 |
| 14 | vs. WAS | 5 | 34 |
| 15 | vs. CHI | 4 | 30 |
| 16 | at MIN | 2 | 20 |
| 17 | at DET | 9 | 97 |
| DR | vs. SEA | 4 | 30 |
| CG | at SF | 6 | 46 |
Opponent penalties
| Penalty | No. | Yards | Declined |
| Offensive holding | 23 | 224 | 6 |
| Defensive PI | 14 | 235 | 0 |
| Unnecessary roughness | 10 | 137 | 0 |
| False start | 9 | 45 | 1 |
| Defensive holding | 8 | 30 | 3 |
| Offensive PI | 5 | 50 | 1 |
| Illegal use of hands | 5 | 30 | 1 |
| Facemask | 5 | 70 | 0 |
| Delay of game | 3 | 15 | 2 |
| Roughing the passer | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Defensive offside | 3 | 15 | 1 |
The Packers benefitted from the third-most defensive pass interference penalties and unnecessary roughness penalties and the fourth-most offensive pass interference penalties. Also, despite Rodgers’ desire to create free plays, the Packers only created four defensive offside penalties.
The Packers had a +20 net automatic first down penalty margin, with 40 beneficial first down penalties against just 20 given away.
All penalty information gathered from nflpenalties.com.