Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones deactivated his social media accounts following a rough performance in the Week 5 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road.

Besides having just one tackle in the game, the biggest point of contention with Jones’ performance came on one of the final plays of the game. On the first down play for Jacksonville from Kansas City’s one-yard line, quarterback Trevor Lawrence takes the snap and is immediately tripped up by his right guard, stepping on his foot, hurling him toward the grass.

As Lawrence lay on the ground untouched, he then picked himself up, eventually scrambling in for a Jaguars go-ahead touchdown, leaving 23 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. The Jaguars would go on to win the game 31-28 in regulation. However, another significant part of this play is the Chiefs’ three-time All-Pro defensive tackle, Jones, who appears lost standing up, moving slowly on the play.

“I thought multiple times we had him,” Jones said after the game. “We’ve just got to finish,” Jones continued. “We’ve got to finish. Multiple guys there that we’ve just got to finish that play. It was a fluke play for him to be able to break that many tackles. Yeah, I put it on us as a defense. We’ve got to finish.”

Jones had already been under harsh scrutiny this season over lackluster results through the first five games of the year. He’s been to the Pro Bowl in six consecutive seasons yet has just seven tackles (4 solo) and one sack through five games in 2025. The Chiefs have been far from great on either side of the ball this season at 2-3, but as the leader of the defense, criticism has landed at Jones’s doorstep.

“We’re going to continue to bounce back,” Jones said to reporters on Monday night. “We’ve got a quick week, quick turnover for the week coming up. I think this group will bounce back. I think we’re going to fix the errors that we can control, the penalties. Once we eliminate the penalties and play disciplined football, I think we’ll put ourselves in good position to win.”

During the 2024 offseason, Jones signed a five-year $158 million extension to stay in Kansas City, with $95 million of that deal being guaranteed. Jones will have an opportunity at redemption in Week 6 with another primetime matchup as the Chiefs take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Detroit at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.