Riley Moss understands that something needs to change.

The third-year Broncos cornerback leads the NFL with nine defensive pass interference penalties called this season. His 11 total flags are second most in the league. Moss got penalized three times Sunday against the Chiefs.

Two calls were especially consequential in a 22-19 home win over Kansas City.

— An illegal contact penalty on Moss negated a would-be interception by quarterback Patrick Mahomes returned for a touchdown by cornerback Jahdae Barron in the third quarter.

— A pass interference penalty on Moss on an underthrown deep ball cost 47 yards in the fourth quarter and led to a Chiefs touchdown.

Moss took responsibility for his mistakes in an honest postgame interview with a plan to reverse his penalty trend.

“Listen, I will absolutely own up to the last (penalty with) the underthrown ball. I can’t be grabbing him like that,” Moss said in the home locker room at Empower Field. “It’s already a tough position, and I have to be able to … play the ball. In practice, it’s going to be a big emphasis. We are going to put the boxing gloves on me. We’re going to tape them up. So, there’s no chance (that) it’s a repetitive thing. People can have their opinion on it. But me as a professional athlete, I need to be able to realize that: ‘OK, this has happened multiple times. Yes, it’s unfair sometimes, and it sucks. But I can’t be in that position as much as I have been.’

“So, that is something to work on. … As a competitor and as an athlete I have to own up to some of it and get better from it.”

Moss has been relied on as Denver’s top cornerback over the last three games with Pat Surtain injured. Moss is the most targeted cornerback (72) in the league by opposing quarterbacks. On Sunday, Moss helped to limit top Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice to six catches for 38 yards on nine targets.

Moss is still bothered by the penalties.

“It’s tough for me, because I’m physical at the line. I like to get hands on (the receiver) and then at the catch point I like to get hands on, because receivers most of the time are pushing off,” Moss said. “It just depends. Like, after that underthrown one … I should have more depth and play top down and make that play. … I’m trying to stay consistent with how I’m playing, and the positions that I’m in, trying to make a play on the ball. Sometimes, it happens.

“I’m going to continue to be aggressive.”

Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph addressed penalties against Moss last month after practice at Broncos Park.

“The penalties, we have to correct them. If they’re calling them, we have to correct them,” Joseph said. “Obviously, the DPIs (defensive pass interference), that’s a tough penalty. That’s a spot foul. That’s always an emotional penalty because it gives an offense an explosive play, but we’re correcting that stuff, and we’re coaching a clean brand of football. That’s our job as coaches. He’s taken to it, and he’s competing every down.”

The Broncos (9-2) lead the AFC West during their bye week.