A half hour before game time, Jeremiah Trotter and Kevin Mathis got into a physical confrontation and were ejected from the game. Again, they were ejected from the game before the game started.

Some of the ESPN commentators are arguing that Trotter, who apparently didn’t throw a punch, shouldn’t have been ejected from the game. That’s stupid: any player who is dumb enough to get into that kind of an altercation in front of a ref deserves to be tossed from the game. In fact, it’s better that the refs make a stand on a game like this--where the emotions are already getting the best of the players--and make sure that the players understand that fighting and provocation aren’t going to be accepted.

Both of them are idiots and both of them deserved the ejection.

Makes for an awfully funny pre-game show, though.

Update: I hope TO’s bad night continues, because he is looking pretty unremarkable. As much as I like McNabb, as much as I don’t really care who wins this game, I do harbor a growing grudge against Terrell Owens. I hope his season starts to look a little like this first quarter has looked for him: disappointing.