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The Kansas City Chiefs have some pretty substantial penalty problems brewing through the first five games of the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u2019 mistakes proved costly and insurmountable in the 31-28 loss to the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d in Week 5, despite doing a lot of the things that typically accompany a win.<\/div>\n
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The Chiefs won the turnover battle, 2-1. They outgained the Jaguars by 157 yards. So, how did they lose this game? Well, it all starts with a lack of discipline. On the night, they had 13 penalties for 109 yards. To understand just how uncharacteristic it is for Kansas City to have that many penalties in a single game, you\u2019ve got to go back over 2,500 days to find the last time it happened. It was in Week 11 of the 2018 NFL season against the\u00a0Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u00a0in a 54-51 loss that was one of the highest-scoring games in league history.The Chiefs\u2019 13 penalties in Week 5 vs. the Jaguars were the most in a single game since their 54-51 loss to the Rams in Week 11 of 2018.\u201cWe obviously had 13 penalties to their four,\u201d Chiefs HC Andy Reid told reporters following the game. \u201cWhether I agree with them or don\u2019t agree with them, it doesn\u2019t matter. They called them. And so you have that many penalties. You give up field position, you can outstat them to death, but it doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s a score that matters, and we\u2019ve got to take care of business there.\u201dThe penalty problems weren\u2019t just a matter of the usual suspects for the Chiefs, either.\u00a0Jawaan Taylor was called for a single penalty<\/a>, but it wasn\u2019t his fault as WR Tyquan Thornton was misaligned on the play. One phase of the game actually seemed to have the most costly penalty-related errors for Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Chiefs STC Dave Toub\u2019s special teams unit owns a big chunk of this loss<\/h2>\n

While every phase made too many mistakes on Monday, the penalties from special teams were especially painful and uncharacteristic of the team. The Chiefs had four special teams penalties during Monday night\u2019s loss. You\u2019ve got to go all the way back to Week 9 of the 2022 NFL season to find the last time that Dave Toub\u2019s unit had such an undisciplined showing.<\/p>\n

Several of the penalties were backbreakers for the offense and defense, turning good field position opportunities into poor field position.<\/p>\n

Jack Cochrane owes rookie RB Brashard Smith in a big way. His first holding penalty erased a 63-yard gain on kickoff return by Smith. Cochrane\u2019s second holding penalty erased a 34-yard gain by Smith.<\/p>\n

Harrison Butker\u2019s kick out of bounds set up the Jaguars at the 40-yard line on what would ultimately be their game-winning drive. This was the first game of the season where he didn\u2019t miss a field goal or PAT, yet he committed his most egregious error of the season in this game.<\/p>\n

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