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Chiefs’ 2-3 Start Defined by Penalties and Lapses as Lions Test Looms

Kansas City refocuses on discipline before a primetime test against the NFL’s highest-scoring Lions.

Overview

  • Kansas City drew a season-high 13 flags for 103 yards in the Jacksonville loss, a pattern coaches called the team’s biggest issue.
  • Patrick Mahomes’ third-quarter pick-six by Devin Lloyd flipped win probability by 42 percentage points, per Next Gen Stats.
  • The four-man rush ranks 24th with a 37% win rate, and Chris Jones called his effort on Trevor Lawrence’s goal-line score a teaching point.
  • Highest-paid kicker Harrison Butker has missed three field goals and two extra points, and his late kickoff out of bounds set up Jacksonville at the 40.
  • Recent offensive outputs of 37 and 28 points show progress, and Detroit arrives leading the NFL at 34.8 points per game with Rashee Rice’s return possible next week.