roughness

Later in the first quarter, however, the Eagles benefited from a questionable unnecessary roughness call on McDuffie that gave Philadelphia a first down after a third-and-five play.

Their opponents have been called six times for roughing Mahomes and four times for unnecessary roughness.

That did not justify jury tampering, but “there were very brutal fights. There was a roughness about things.”

He set the tone in the first quarter by holding on to a catch despite a crushing blind-side hit that drew an unnecessary roughness penalty.

The Bills’ first possession would have been a three-and-out if edge rusher Byron Young had not been called for unnecessary roughness.