ALAMEDA -- With a league-leading 130 penalties for 1,116 yards, the Raiders remain on pace to eclipse both dubious single-season NFL records held by the 1998 Kansas City Chiefs, who were flagged 158 times for 1,304 yards.And coming to town this weekend are the notorious Detroit Lions, who have 105 penalties, which currently ranks fourth in the NFL, for 894 yards, which is third.Think the officials might put in for some overtime at the O.co Coliseum on Sunday, or at the very least, be extra vigilant in watching for penalties?
"I don't think so," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said Wednesday on a conference call with Bay Area reporters. "Officials do a real good job of handling each job as it comes up. I don't think they go in with any preconceived notions."The biggest thing with the penalties is, from a coaching standpoint, we're going to work as hard as we can to avoid the pre-snap penalties, which are generally concentration penalties. Snap-count stuff, illegal formations, illegal motion, stuff like that. We also want to eliminate the after-the-whistle penalties. The things that are sort of losing your composure or selfish."
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Sound familiar, Raiders fans? Oakland is on pace for 160 penalties for 1,374 yards.
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