Dec. 10, 2025, 7:52 a.m. ET
The Jacksonville Jaguars continue to ascend and are playing their best collective football right now. However, there is a lingering issue that continues to persist for this team — penalties.
Penalties have been a problem for the Jaguars all season long. The issue even persisted prior to the regular season starting in training camp and during the preseason.
The Jaguars will enter Week 15 as the most penalized team in football.
In total, the Jaguars have 112 penalties counted against them this season, totaling 925 penalty yards. False starts (22), offensive holding (20), and defensive pass interference (12) are the three most common penalties called on the Jaguars.
To state the obvious, winning in the NFL is difficult, and doing so while having to overcome numerous penalties each week only makes that task more challenging.
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Penalties wipe out big plays and put an offense behind the sticks in long down-and-distance situations, which oftentimes ends drive. For the defense, penalties keep the opponent on the field.
To the Jaguars’ credit, with a record of 9-4 this season, which includes winning their last four games, they’ve more often than not been able to overcome these miscues.
Jacksonville currently leads the AFC South by a game over Indianapolis and Houston, and is the three seed in the AFC playoff picture.
But as the playoff race heats up and as the postseason arrives, the margin between winning and losing becomes even thinner, particularly against the NFL’s best. That puts an added emphasis on being able to play mistake-free football.
