2.Penalties, penalties, penalties. The Jaguars had several key plays impacted by penalties Sunday, particularly in the first half. It started on the game’s first play, with an Ameer Abdullah kick return to the Bengals 49 negated by a holding penalty. A roughing-the-passer penalty negated a Travis Hunter interception off Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow that Hunter returned 30 yards to the Bengals 36-yard line. A holding penalty negated running back Bhayshul Tuten‘s electric 44-yard touchdown run and the Jaguars settled for a 28-yard field goal by Little for a 6-3 lead. The Jaguars were penalized 13 times for 125 yards, including 10 for 100 in the first half. “Gritty not pretty,” linebacker Foyesade Oluokun said. “Whatever it looks like, spot the ball and keep playing. Penalties happen in the game. We have to clean that up ourselves. But penalties happen. Nothing to hang our head about, we get another opportunity to go out there and make the right play. Offense did a good job of that, defense did a good job of that.”
