Why do football coahes sometimesdecline penalties?

Answer 1

A penalty stops the clock. maybe they want the clock to keep going. It could be a loss of down. Most penalties don't include a loss of down. It's basically a do over with yards loss. So if it's 3rd down, the coaches might just decline the penalty instead of going up against a hot quarterback and wide receivers. They might want it 4th down and 3 instead of 3rd down and 8 or even 3rd down and 13. Most coaches would normally punt or try for a field goal at 4th and 3.

Answer 2

because if you throw for a first down, and there is a penalty on a play, the penalty might just be for a first down..if you accept, you'll have a first down back at the original ball spot..if you decline,you have a first down, where you threw the ball to which could be 30 yards closer then if you accepted.

Answer 3

let me give you a situation were you would decline a penalty say your team scores a touchdown but the defense got called for offsides would you want the touchdown or rerun the play 5 yards further from the original spot it is just judgment of which is better

Answer 4

becase some penalties restarts the play on the origanal down like when its suppose to be 3rd down and 10 a penalty makes it 2rd and or 15

Answer 5

Simply because the play gained/lost more yardage than the penalty would have given them. It's all about field position or who scored and etc....

Answer 6

# of yards.

lets say on a play, there is a 90 yard TD reception by a wr, but defensive pass interference is called on the CB who coveres him, and it happend about 10 yards off the Line of Scimmage.

Which would you take: 90 yds and a TD or 10 yards?

Answer 7

Because they would gain less yardage, or on defense they would rather have the opposing offense lose a down and no yardage than yardage and no down.