The good, the bad and the ugly of the Jaguars 45-10 loss to the Chargers

In a scene that has become all too familiar with the Jacksonville Jaguars, they suffered another crushing loss at home this time to the Los Angeles Chargers by the score of 45-10. The Jaguars were absolutely dominated from start to finish leading …

The bad: A plethora of penalties once again

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Another week, another high accumulation if penalties from the Jaguars.

Sunday’s loss to the Chargers marked the third game where they finished the game with double-digit penalties as they accumulated 10 penalties for 101 yards.

The Jaguars have been absolutely sloppy with penalties as they currently are the most penalized team in the entire league committing 115 penalties for 1,015 yards.

The offensive line has been the biggest offender of penalties as they also lead the league in holding calls with 28 accepted holding penalties. To put that into perspective, the next closest team is the New York Jets with 22 offensive penalties.

The Jaguars have struggled mightily with penalties and that is one of many reasons why their record has not been favorable at 4-8.

Here is possibly the biggest reason why: