1.   A large part of their victory may have been the result of threats made against the offensive and defensive lines, who had repeatedly committed silly penalties.

2.   A silly penalty, and another hole from which to dig themselves from.

3.   Against Dallas, Kovalev took a silly penalty that led to a power-play goal, one of several miscues he has made in recent games.

4.   But they were generally mixed in with silly penalties, temper tantrums and other costly plays.

5.   Indeed, the Jaguars looked like the Patriots at their worst, incurring many silly penalties.

6.   It was bad professional football virtually from the start, with so many mental mistakes, bobbles, turnovers, missed assignments and silly penalties.

7.   Monk, meanwhile, committed a silly penalty that wiped out a touchdown.

8.   The Kings committed silly penalties, fell behind early, at times showed disinterest and demonstrated none of the fire and desperation some players talked about the previous day.

9.   The game was played in a steady rain, with silly penalties and a number of stalled drives making if frustrating for all involved.

10.   Their first goal was on a silly penalty.