The Philadelphia Eagles officially waived defensive end Derek Barnett on Black Friday. Barnett was the team’s 2017 first rounder, and while he made a number of cool plays in his early years with the Eagles (including a championship-clinching fumble recovery), most Eagles fans will remember him for his uncanny, infuriating ability to draw a penalty at the most inopportune moment.

A player has to draw a LOT of penalties to overshadow a Super Bowl fumble recovery.

Without further ado, here’s the list of Derek Barnett’s 28 total penalties (26 accepted, 2 declined) over his seven-season Philadelphia tenure:

  1. September 24th, 2017 vs NYG: 5 yards, neutral zone infraction
  2. October 8th, 2017 vs ARI: 5 yards, offside (DECLINED)
  3. October 8th, 2017 vs ARI: 15 yards, roughing the passer
  4. October 12th, 2017 @ CAR: 11 yards, roughing the passer
  5. October 29th, 2017 vs SF: 5 yards, offside
  6. December 17th, 2017 @ NYG: 5 yards, offside (DECLINED)
  7. September 6th, 2018 vs ATL: 4 yards, offside
  8. September 6th, 2018 vs ATL: 5 yards, offside
  9. September 8th, 2019 vs WAS: 5 yards, offside
  10. September 8th, 2019 vs WAS: 5 yards, offside
  11. September 15th, 2019 @ ATL: 10 yards, unnecessary roughness
  12. September 26th, 2019 @ GB: 15 yards, unnecessary roughness
  13. September 26th, 2019 @ GB: 5 yards, illegal use of hands
  14. October 6th, 2019 vs NYJ: 15 yards, unnecessary roughness
  15. December 1st, 2019 @ MIA: 5 yards, offside
  16. December 29th, 2019 @ NYG: 5 yards, offside
  17. January 5th, 2020 vs SEA: 5 yards, roughing the passer
  18. September 20th, 2020 vs LAR: 5 yards, offside
  19. November 22nd, 2020 @ CLE: 5 yards, offside
  20. December 20th, 2020 @ ARI: 15 yards, unnecessary roughness
  21. September 19th, 2021 vs SF: 15 yards, unnecessary roughness
  22. September 27th, 2021 @ DAL: 5 yards, neutral zone infraction
  23. October 3rd, 2021 vs KC: 3 yards, roughing the passer
  24. November 7th, 2021 vs LAC: 5 yards, neutral zone infraction
  25. November 14th, 2021 @ DEN: 4 yards, offside
  26. November 14th, 2021 @ DEN: 10 yards, roughing the passer
  27. December 26th, 2021 vs NYG: 5 yards, offside
  28. January 16th, 2022 @ TB: 15 yards, roughing the passer

Total penalty yardage: 212 (202 removing the declined penalties) Jesus.

For reference, here’s each sack in the same time period:


  • October 12, 2017 @ CAR: 0.5 sacks, -7 yards
  • October 23, 2017 vs WAS: 2 sacks, -20 yards
  • November 19, 2017 @ DAL: 2 sacks, -20 yards
  • December 3, 2017 @ SEA: 0.5 sacks, -12 yards
  • January 21, 2018 vs MIN: 1 sack, -9 yards
  • September 23, 2018 vs IND: 1.5 sacks, -23 yards
  • September 26, 2019 @ GB: 1 sack, -8 yards
  • October 6, 2019 vs NYJ: 1 sack, -7 yards
  • October 20, 2019 @ DAL: 1 sack, -6 yards
  • December 1, 2019 @ MIA: 1 sack, -6 yards
  • December 29, 2019 @ NYG: 2 sacks, -5 yards
  • September 27, 2020 vs CIN: 2 sacks, -11 yards
  • October 4, 2020 @ SF: 0.5 sacks, -6 yards
  • October 22, 2020 vs NYG: 1 sack, -9 yards
  • November 15, 2020 @ NYG: 1 sack, -5 yards
  • November 30, 2020 vs SEA: 1 sack, -1 yards
  • October 31, 2021 @ DET: 1 sack, -13 yards
  • November 14, 2021 @ DEN: 1 sack, -14 yards
  • January 16, 2022 @ TB: 0.5 sacks, -7 yards

Total: 21.5 sacks, -189 yards. JESUS.

When your penalty yardage is miles ahead of your sack yardage, you’re a net negative. Thanks for the fumble recovery, Derek. Best of luck somewhere else.