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Minnesota Vikings turn INT into amazing Adam Thielen touchdown

Adam Thielen with a fantastic catch, using one hand, to open the scoring for Minnesota against Chicago

He had sweet feet with the Alex Trebek cleats and needed just one hand to make a spectacular touchdown grab to open the scoring Monday as the Minnesota Vikings got the jump on the Chicago Bears.

First, Nick Foles was picked off by Harrison Smith on a Keystone Kops, kind of deflection play.

Six plays later, Kirk Cousins targeted Adam Thielen, who made the amazing grab in the end zone. After the PAT, it was 7-0.

The Chiefs Tyrann Mathieu was impressed with the handiwork.

Adam Thielen’s cleats pay tribute to the late Alex Trebek

Adam Thielin with the great tribute to the late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek

A: Adam Thielen.

Q: Who wore the best cleats in Week 11 of the NFL season?

No contest as the Vikings’ wide receiver wore the perfect footwear for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears.

Check out Thielin’s cleats that pay tribute to the memory of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who passed away last week.

Watch: What run of Walter Payton’s is his son’s favorite?

Jarrett Payton shared the favorite run of his dad’s, Walter Payton, the great Chicago Bear.

Walter Payton carried the ball 3,838 times for the Chicago Bears. Some were more spectacular than others. However, his son, Jarrett Payton, tweeted Monday that one stuck out more than any other.

As the Chicago Bears got ready to play host to the Minnesota Vikings on “Monday Night Football,” Jarrett Payton shared his favorite run from his dad’s playing days.

Hard to argue with this amazing effort.

Week 10: How to survive and advance in your knockout pool

Week 10: How to survive and advance in your knockout pool

Watch: Desmond King with the scoop and score for Titans

Desmond King picked up the ball and returned it 63 yards for a TD

The acquisition of Desmond King paid dividends for the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.

The DB, who was picked up from the Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 2, picked up a fumble and returned it 63 yards for a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in Week 9.

Here goes the play:

NFL reveals Week 9 announcer schedule

The NFL schedule for announcers is out and the broadcasters are planning their treks.

Week 9 of the NFL season is upon us. The Packers visit the Niners to start play and the Jets play host to the Patriots to finish it.

Here’s your coverage map.

Thursday

Green Bay at San Francisco, FOX|NFL|Amazon 8:20 p.m.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews & Kristina Pink

Sunday

Denver at Atlanta, CBS 1 p.m.
Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon & Jay Feely

Seattle at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Chris Myers, Brock Huard & Jen Hale

Baltimore at Indianapolis, CBS 1 p.m.
Ian Eagle, Charles Davis & Evan Washburn

Houston at Jacksonville, CBS 1 p.m.
Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta

Carolina at Kansas City, FOX 1 p.m.
Kevin Burkhardt, Daryl Johnston & Pam Oliver

Detroit at Minnesota, CBS 1 p.m.
Kevin Harlan, Trent Green & Melanie Collins

Chicago at Tennessee, FOX 1 p.m.
Dick Stockton, Greg Jennings & Laura Okmin

NY Giants at Washington, FOX 1 p.m.
Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma & Shannon Spake

Las Vegas at LA Chargers, FOX 4:05 p.m.
Joe Davis, Mark Schlereth

Miami at Arizona, CBS 4:25 p.m.
Andrew Catalon, James Lofton & Michael Grady

Pittsburgh at Dallas, CBS 4:25 p.m.
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo & Tracy Wolfson

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, NBC 8:20 p.m.
Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth & Michele Tafoya

New England at N.Y. Jets, ESPN 8:15 p.m.
Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick & Lisa Salters

Byes: Cincinnati, Cleveland, L.A. Rams, Philadelphia

NFL suspends Bears’ Javon Wims 2 games for wild punching flurry

The Bears’ Javon Wims is going to cool it for two games after his punching stunt Sunday.

The NFL wasted no time in handing down a penalty to the Chicago Bears’ Javon Wims for his wild, punching attack on the Saints’ Chauncey Gardner-Johnson on Sunday.

Wims went off and threw punches in bunches, failing to realize he was hitting an opponent in full pads and a helmet. The purpose of hitting someone in the helmet remains puzzling.

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Gardner-Johnson denied spitting on an opponent:

Although cameras captured Gardner-Johnson ripping out Wims’ mouthpiece and jabbing a finger in the face of fellow Bears receiver Anthony Miller on previous plays, Gardner-Johnson insisted Monday that “I’m innocent.”

“It ain’t got nothing to do with me. If he’s acting out, that’s on him,” Gardner-Johnson said. “It wasn’t no incident. We won the game. I mean, everybody, it’s a lot of he said, he said. Ain’t nothing happened. Nobody got spit on.

“Shouldn’t be nowhere near the field of play when the game’s going on. So I ain’t answering no more questions about that.”

And the DB felt the need to get in the last word on Instagram:

“That man punch like a female” with a crying/laughing emoji.

Watch: Bears’ Javon Wims loses mind, tries to pummel Saints’ Chauncey Gardner-Johnson

The Bears’ Javon Wims tried to hit Chauncey Gardner-Johnson with a flurry of punches into the Saint DB’s helmet

The Chicago Bears’ Javon Wims took leave of his senses Sunday during the game against the New Orleans Saints.

Watch as the third-year wide receiver from Georgia unloads a flurry of punches on Saints DB Chauncey Gardner-Johnson.

Not quite sure what Wims thought he was damaging by hitting Gardner-Johnson in the helmet other than the hands he is supposed to use to catch passes from Nick Foles. Wims earned an ejection.

Gardner-Johnson seems to have issues with wide receivers. He was the Saints player who was punched by teammate Michael Thomas in practice that led to the top receiver missing a game for disciplinary reasons.

 

Watch: Bears’ Allen Robinson uses his head on TD catch

Allen Robinson with a fantastic grab of a TD pass from Nick Foles

Allen Robinson stretched out and used his head, er helmet, to haul in this pass from Nick Foles as the Chicago Bears played host to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

Watch as Foles looks for his top target in the end zone and Robinson manages to catch the football with the help of his helmet.

NFL reveals Week 8 announcer schedule

As we head into the eighth week of the NFL season, the feature attraction is the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers against the Baltimore Ravens. That’s a great AFC North matchup. For the coverage map, click here. As for who is on the calls around the …

As we head into the eighth week of the NFL season, the feature attraction is the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers against the Baltimore Ravens. That’s a great AFC North matchup.

For the coverage map, click here.

As for who is on the calls around the league:

Thursday

Atlanta at Carolina, FOX|NFL|Amazon 8:20 p.m.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews & Kristina Pink

Sunday

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, CBS 1 p.m.
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo & Tracy Wolfson

New England at Buffalo, CBS 1 p.m.
Ian Eagle, Charles Davis & Evan Washburn

Tennessee at Cincinnati, CBS 1 p.m.
Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta

Las Vegas at Cleveland, FOX 1 p.m.
Kevin Kugler, Chris Spielman & Laura Okmin

Indianapolis at Detroit, CBS 1 p.m.
Andrew Catalon, James Lofton & Michael Grady

Minnesota at Green Bay, FOX 1 p.m.
Kevin Burkhardt, Daryl Johnston & Pam Oliver

NY Jets at Kansas City, CBS 1 p.m.
Kevin Harlan, Trent Green & Melanie Collins

LA Rams at Miami, FOX 1 p.m.
Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma & Shannon Spake

LA Chargers at Denver, CBS 4:05 p.m.
Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon & Jay Feely

New Orleans at Chicago, FOX 4:25 p.m.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman & Erin Andrews

San Francisco at Seattle, FOX 4:25 p.m.
Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth & Lindsay Czarniak

Dallas at Philadelphia, NBC 8:20 p.m.
Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth & Michele Tafoya

Monday

Tampa Bay at NY Giants, ESPN 8:15 p.m.
Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick & Lisa Salters