It's raining yellow flags

Photo from the Big Lead

If you thought the flags were going to stop, you haven't been paying attention. According to Mike Pereira, there have been 14 illegal contact penalties, an average of 1 a game. If that pace holds, then we'll have 256 illegal contact penalties by seasons end. Compare that to 52 last year. Yikes. 200 more illegal contact penalties than last year if this holds. The No Fun League seems to have arrived for good.

Penalties thru 14 games. 14 illegal contact. 1 per game. At this pace it would be 256 for the season. Last season there were 52 called.
— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira) September 9, 2014

That's not a good sign for the NFL if this keeps up. 200+ more illegal contact penalties will make the NFL almost unbearable to watch the rest of the year. Now, it remains to be seen whether this pace is maintained, but I think it will, which means plenty of soft penalties before years end.

Thoughts? Let me know on Twitter (@C_Frederick1016) or leave a comment.