Jawaan Taylor’s Chiefs debut generated a lot of Twitter controversy
Jawaan Taylor made his regular season debut with the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night and there was no shortage of viewers who felt the offensive tackle deserved a penalty on just about every play. Taylor getting away with several plays that looked like false starts didn’t come as a surprise to Jacksonville Jaguars fans, though.
For years, while Taylor was the Jaguars’ starting right tackle, his quick jump off the line of scrimmage frustrated Jacksonville opponents. It caused the Los Angeles Chargers’ Joey Bosa to have a full-blown meltdown in January.
With Taylor playing Thursday in the NFL’s Kickoff Game, protecting two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes on a Super Bowl-winning team, his play generated quite a lot of attention.
Here’s a sampling of the reactions to Taylor’s performance in Week 1:
Can we PLEASE call the illegal procedure on Jawaan Taylor on every f***ing snap?!?!?!
— Jeff Risdon (@JeffRisdon) September 8, 2023
Tonight’s script; Jawaan Taylor has diplomatic immunity.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) September 8, 2023
Eventually they have to call these false starts on Jawaan Taylor, right??
— Joe Marino (@TheJoeMarino) September 8, 2023
No one is going to call False Start on #Chiefs Jawaan Taylor? it's pretty blatant..pic.twitter.com/oSbGlo10tq
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 8, 2023
It's not even just the quick jump by Jawaan Taylor, it's his pulsing.
It's basically 20 false starts every single snap.
— Hänsel (@UberHansen) September 8, 2023
Jawaan Taylor right before the Chiefs snap the ball pic.twitter.com/Fh3Nv3mLRb
— David Cu (@davidcu97) September 8, 2023
Everybody got something to say about Jawaan Taylor jumping out of his stance early but when it’s Lane Johnson they were quiet.
— CROCKY🤴🏾 (@Eric_Crocker) September 8, 2023
Every Offensive Lineman watching Jawaan Taylor jump every snap knowing they do the same thing and know it won’t get called. pic.twitter.com/n5cEv7wrNJ
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) September 8, 2023
It took 58 minutes, but Jawaan Taylor just finally got called for a penalty.
Collinworth: "Jawaan Taylor playing slot receiver."pic.twitter.com/PbWziIfNxe
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 8, 2023
NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay: Jawaan Taylor is putting #Lions Aidan Hutchinson at a “tremendous disadvantage” by not being “remotely close” to proper alignment pic.twitter.com/uMbofCNOqB
— Nolan Bianchi (@nolanbianchi) September 8, 2023
After last night’s game, every team will be on the refs head about Jawaan Taylor lining up in the backfield lol
— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) September 8, 2023
The issue isn't exactly Jawaan Taylor "false starting" every play. By the letter of the law it's actually completely legal to start as early as he is BUT he is starting so far back and THAT is what needs to be called
— Big Game Bengal (@BengalYouTube) September 8, 2023
Jawaan thing is going to become because of Chiefs blah blah blah…he did the same shit his whole career
— Sully (@SullyFootball) September 8, 2023
Taylor was called for seven penalties (three false start, two holding, two ineligible downfield) during the 2022 season, his last with the Jaguars. Earlier this year, he signed a four-year, $80 million contract with the Chiefs and Jacksonville replaced him at right tackle with No. 27 overall pick Anton Harrison.
