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Penalty flag after penalty flag found their way onto the field during the Saints vs. Jets contest on Saturday night.

By the game's end, 31 combined penalties were called against both teams. The Saints were penalized 16 times for 142 yards and the Jets were penalized 15 times for 128 yards and two points.

The latter came in the fourth quarter when the Jets were flagged for holding in the end zone. By rule, that's a safety.

Saints coach Sean Payton said he needed to look at the film before analyzing all the penalties, but it was something he noticed.



"That was something that we have to look at," Payton said. "I’m anxious to see the film."


The penalty breakdown was as follows:

1 defensive pass interference (Saints)
1 offensive pass interference (Saints)
7 offensive holding (Saints)
1 illegal block above the waist (Saints)
1 roughing the passer (Saints)
1 false start (Saints)
1 unnecessary roughness (Saints)
1 intentional grounding (Saints)
2 defensive holding (Saints)
7 offensive holding (Jets)
1 intentional grounding (Jets)
3 unnecessary roughness (Jets)
1 defensive holding (Jets)
1 illegal contact (Jets)
1 illegal block above the waist (Jets)
1 encroachment (Jets)
1 illegal double team block (Jets)
The Saints were the highest-penalized team this week in terms of both number of flags and penalty yardage. The Jets tied for second-most in number of flags and were second in terms of penalty yardage.

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