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Eagles-Jaguars opener in London loses two players before it really starts

A 90-yard kickoff return touchdown by Josh Cameron was wiped out by penalties after Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Bryan Thomas Jr. fought and were both ejected.

Sunday's Eagles-Jaguars game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium barely got going before it turned into a mess. On the opening kickoff, Jaguars returner Josh Cameron took it 90 yards to the house, but the score never counted. Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Jaguars defensive end Bryan Thomas Jr. got tangled up for much of the play before going to the turf near midfield, and officials needed to separate them.

What followed was four separate penalties, two during the play and two after it, erasing the touchdown on offsetting fouls. The unsportsmanlike conduct penalties that came after the play were enough to get both Trotter Jr. and Thomas Jr. disqualified, sending NFL official Ron Torbert and his crew into a lengthy conference to sort out the sequence.

Even replay didn't make things much clearer. NFL Network struggled to find footage that actually showed how the fight started, leaving the broadcast short on answers for what triggered the ejections in the first place.

So the opening kickoff of a London game ended with no touchdown, two players tossed, and a long delay before the Eagles and Jaguars could actually begin playing football.

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