Addressing the media after the heartbreaking loss – which sent the Chiefs tumbling to 2-3 this season – Reid admitted that Kansas City was the architect of its own downfall at EverBank Stadium.

“We had 13 penalties, to their four,” Reid stated. “Whether I agree with them or don’t agree with them, it doesn’t matter. They called them.”, reports the Mirror US.

“So, you have that many penalties, you give up field position, you can out stat them to death, but that doesn’t matter. It’s the score that matters.”

As the fourth quarter wound down, the Chiefs committed a string of unforgivable blunders that sealed their fate.

With under two minutes left on the clock, Harrison Butker sent his kickoff sailing out of bounds – handing the Jaguars prime field position at the 40-yard line. On 3rd-and-13 during the subsequent possession, Lawrence’s deep throw targeting Brian Thomas Jr. was picked off by safety Bryan Cook, though the crucial play was nullified by a holding penalty assessed against fellow safety Chamarri Conner.

Kansas City had one final opportunity to march down the field and find the end zone, but their aspirations were swiftly dashed when a 36-yard kick return by running back Brashard Smith was erased due to a holding penalty on linebacker Jack Cochrane.

“I feel like we have the guys, and we’ve executed at certain points of the game and looked really good, and then we kind of crush ourselves with penalties and mistakes and interceptions and fumbles or whatever,” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes conceded.

“I mean, it’s just we’ve kind of done that to ourselves all year long. It has been one guy here or there, and in this league, it’s so close that those change games.

“We’ve got to be better. We’ve lost too many games already, so we have to find a way to be better as a team, come together, and play better throughout the rest of the season.”

Despite Monday’s contest barely concluding the way Kansas City – who accumulated more total yardage than Jacksonville 476-319 – would have preferred, Reid maintained that there were silver linings to extract from the defeat.

“As much as these losses hurt, and the wins, there’s always good and bad, in each things you can learn from and move forward with.”

he said. “We’ve got to make sure we do that, but we’ve got to be more disciplined with penalty part of it, and then I’ve got to, obviously evaluate those and go from there.”