Getty Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones.
Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones was ejected for throwing a punch in his team’s Week 5 tilt with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
#Chiefs DT Chris Jones ejected for throwing a punch. He had a pick-six earlier in the game
Jaguars guard Andrew Norwell was Jones’ victim, stuck under the Chiefs defensive tackle.
Jones laughed as he left the field. The unnecessary roughness penalty and ejection came with just over three minutes remaining in the third quarter following a Jaguars PAT, the result of a Blake Bortles touchdown pass to T.J. Yeldon to cut Kansas City’s lead to 30-7.
The ejection ended a big night for Jones early. With under two minutes remaining in the first half, the defensive lineman intercepted a Bortles screen pass and took it 20 yards for his first NFL touchdown.
Blake Bortles keeps changing week to week. He picked a bad week to play poorly.
Throws a pick-six to #Chiefs DL Chris Jones
It was Bortles’ second turnover is as many touches. On his previous snap, the first play of the prior drive, Dee Ford sacked the Jags quarterback to force a fumble.
Chiefs Improve to 5-0
Both quarterbacks struggled — Bortles tossed four picks and just one touchdown, and Chiefs signal caller Patrick Mahomes had his first game without a passing touchdown of the year, throwing two interceptions and running one score in himself — but Kansas City dominated the turnover battle, 5-2, to win 30-14 and improve to 5-0 on the year.
Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt carried the ball 22 times for 87 yards and a touchdown, and tight end Travis Kelce hauled in five passes, on eight targets, for 100 yards through the air.
The 30 points surrendered by Jacksonville were a season high. The highest total they’d given up before Sunday’s loss came in Week 2, when they upended the New England Patriots by a score of 31-20.
The Jaguars dropped to 3-2.