Penalties are killing the Chiefs

[Chiefnj2]

In addition to Smith reverting back to himself and all the other obvious problems, penalties are killing the team this year on both sides of the ball.

Offense
Holding, KC is tied for 2nd most with 19 penalties for 174 yards against.
False Starts, tied for 5th most with 13 penalties for 65 yards against.

Defense
Pass Interference, has given up the most yards in penalties - 191.
Holding, tied for 2nd most.

[T-post Tom]

Another reason contributing to Hunt's recent decline on the field. He had two nice runs called back vs. the Giants.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Another reason contributing to Hunt's recent decline on the field. He had two nice runs called back vs. the Giants.

Hence why they were nice runs

[RippedmyFlesh]

Originally Posted by bowener

PI should become a 10-yard penalty, auto first down. No more spot foul for that shit.

I used to think this also similar to ncaa but the pros would just be coached to assault anyone 20+ yards down the field because the penalty isn't as bad as the complete pass.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy

Yeah they are. We need to get that cleaned up quickly. It's an often overlooked factor in football but it can be a huge factor in winning or losing a football game when there is a big difference during a game.

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Here is the total penalties for each game (do not have a breakdown on offense vs defense, etc):

@NE - 15 for 139
Philly - 4 for 40
@LAC - 13 for 122
Washington - 3 for 15
@Houston - 6 for 64
Pitt - 7 for 48
@Oak - 8 for 108
Denver - 7 for 69
@Dallas - 8 for 52
@NYG - 9 for 87

I definitely agree that the Chiefs have a problem with penalties and its frustrating as a fan.

Have Reid teams always been this way?

Maybe he thinks that they can be overcome with big plays?

I would like to see some statistics that support that highly penalized teams = a losing team?

Maybe we fans read into penalties more than we should?

Do Super Bowl winning teams = less penalized teams?

[RippedmyFlesh]

The holding both ways and pi is players getting beat I get that is going to happen. Its the presnap penalties that drive me nuts. Lining up wrong or not knowing the snap count.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh

The holding both ways and pi is players getting beat I get that is going to happen. Its the presnap penalties that drive me nuts. Lining up wrong or not knowing the snap count.

Agreed. Annoying as hell. Makes me feel like they are unprepared. How does this o line coach still have a job?

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Here is the total penalties for each game (do not have a breakdown on offense vs defense, etc):

@NE - 15 for 139
Philly - 4 for 40
@LAC - 13 for 122
Washington - 3 for 15
@Houston - 6 for 64
Pitt - 7 for 48
@Oak - 8 for 108
Denver - 7 for 69
@Dallas - 8 for 52
@NYG - 9 for 87

I bet the OL & DB's have 95% of them.

[NJChiefsFan]

Reid has failed to fix this. Not sure he even cares.

[JakeF]

Originally Posted by MAG

Reid's teams never have any discipline. This isn't a surprise.

Discipline tends to be an issue with a Head Coach that is everyone's buddy.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Hence why they were nice runs

I don't remember both of them, but I know one run was a BS ticky-tack call that really gave us no advantage on the play.