Sunday at 07:02 PM4 days The refs seem to think they're the stars of the game these days. Between all the delays for flags and commercials the NFL games are making baseball look like a thrill ride.And they expect you to subscribe to a handful of streaming services if you want all the games? Things are definitely not trending in a fan friendly direction...Through Week 4 of the 2026 season, the NFL is seeing an unusually high penalty rate: 17 penalties per game in Week 4, the most in any week since 2015. Across Weeks 1–4, offensive penalties were at their highest per-game level for that point in a season since 2003; defensive flags were slightly down. So the increase appears to be driven by offensive penalties, not flags overall across every category. This is a rate comparison, which is more useful than raw totals because the number of games played can differ. sharpfootballanalysis.com
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