Crackers start in London as first kickoff return touchdown of NFL season nullified and two players ejected

If the point of playing games in London is to give the Brits a taste of, as they say over there, crackers NFL action then Sunday's game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium did that from the start.

On the opening kickoff of this game ...

Eagles kicker Jake Elliott kicked the ball 55 yards to the Jacksonville 10-yard line and Josh Cameron returned it 90 yards for a touchdown.

It marked the first kickoff return touchdown in the NFL this season.

NFL EXECS AND COACHES WANT LEAGUE TO REIN IN 'OUT OF CONTROL' OFFICIALS AND HOPE SUSPENSIONS SIGNAL A START But, no! Back upfield, officials – they had quite a week, by the way – had thrown multiple flags on the play.

Two of those officials saw so much hijinks they threw their flag and then, seeing a second foul, threw their caps.

NFL REFEREES JEFF SEEMAN AND ADRIAN HILL SUSPENDED AFTER UNPROFESSIONAL CLASHES WITH PLAYERS IN WEEK 4 So, with bated breath, we waited for the official announcement.

And we learned both teams were flagged on the kickoff and players from both teams were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The touchdown was thus nullified because the Eagles lined up in an illegal formation and the Jaguars had linebacker Branson Combs called for holding.

Nice start to a game.

Then we learned that Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Jacksonville linebacker Bryan Thomas Jr. were both flagged for giving each other the business.

It seems both men engaged in a block during the play and carried their standoff all the way to midfield where Trotter slammed Thomas to the turf after the play was over and then Thomas kicked up at Trotter while on his back.

Both were flagged.

Both were disqualified for the rest of the game – on a play that didn't even count.