Eagles-Jaguars kickoff opens with fight and two ejections in London

Sunday’s meeting between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Jacksonville Jaguars got off to a chaotic start. Including a pair of ejections. After the Eagles won the toss and deferred, Jacksonville returned the opening kickoff for an apparent touchdown. But that was erased due to a holding penalty on the Jaguars, and that is when the frenzy truly began. A fight at midfield broke out and two players — Philadelphia’s Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Jacksonville’s Bryan Thomas Jr. — were both ejected. You can see some of the fight, and the aftermath, in these clips: Brian Thomas Jr. And Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Have Been Ejected After This Incident, On The First Kickoff Of The Game.That’s A Crazy Start. 😬 pic.twitter.com/SCUcHL0lXR— SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) October 11, 2026 Already a fight here in London. Jeremiah Trotter Junior and a Jacksonville player were going at it midfield pic.twitter.com/xdGyz8yDvK— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) October 11, 2026 Here is the full sequence, including the kickoff: Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Bryan Thomas Jr. get ejected during a wild opening kickoff of Eagles-Jags in London. Unfortunately, we don't get much of a helpful replay to show what happened.— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) 2026-10-11T13:57:29.676Z And here is another replay from the broadcast: NFL Network would return to the incident later in the first quarter with a (slightly) more revealing replay— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) 2026-10-11T14:05:15.767Z Here is the moment where Trotter learned he was ejected: Jeremiah Trotter Jr. learns he has been ejected pic.twitter.com/3fewAXeCSe— PHLY Eagles (@PHLY_Eagles) October 11, 2026 Here is an image of Trotter leaving the field: Jeremiah Trotter Junior has been ejected. Bryan Thomas Junior ejected for Jags pic.twitter.com/RofNCbaSPJ— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) October 11, 2026 While Trotter was ejected early in the game, it was not the earliest ejection for an Eagles player in team history. That is a mark set by … his father, who was ejected before a game against the Atlanta Falcons back in 2005: A rewind— shamus (@shamus.bsky.social) 2026-10-11T13:38:00.834Z You can imagine emotions are high on the Philadelphia side of the field. With the Eagles coming off a pair of losses and sitting at 2-2, and without both Saquon Barkley and DeVonta Smith due to injury, Philadelphia needs a win. And a spark.