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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.

49ers trade linebacker Kwon Alexander to the Saints

The San Francisco 49ers traded Kwon Alexander to the Saints.

The trade carousel is spinning as the deadline approaches Tuesday.

The San Francisco 49ers traded one of the mainstays of their defense, LB Kwon Alexander, to the New Orleans Saints.

Alexander was regarded as one of the bigger parts of the defense as the Niners made it to the Super Bowl.

In another deal, the Chargers dealt Desmond King to the Tennessee Titans.

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

Watch: Teddy Bridgewater to D.J. Moore, 74 yards for Panthers’ TD

Teddy Bridgewater found D.J. Moore all alone for a Panthers’ touchdown.

This play would be the definition of a busted coverage. Watch as Teddy Bridgewater finds a wide-open D.J. Moore for a 74-yard touchdown play as the Carolina Panthers take advantage of a flub by the New Orleans Saints’ secondary.

Someone — someones — isn’t going to watch that play when the Saints’ secondary has its meetings this week.

Baltimore Ravens signing Dez Bryant to practice squad

The Baltimore Ravens are signing veteran WR Dez Bryant to their practice squad.

It seems like the time to get veteran wide receivers on the roster or in the organization.

There was news Wednesday the Seattle Seahawks are among the teams trying to sign Antonio Brown as his suspension concludes. And Thursday, the Baltimore Ravens dipped into the pool, signing former Dallas Cowboys first-rounder and star Dez Bryant to their practice squad.

Bryan has not played since 2017. He signed with the New Orleans Saints a year later after being dispatched by Dallas but tore his Achilles in one of his first practices.

Bryant, who played college ball at Oklahoma State, has 531 career receptions for 7,459 yards and 73 touchdowns.

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Saints’ owner Gayle Benson victim of attempted car theft

The New Orleans Saints have had a rough year. Coach Sean Payton battled COVID-19. The team thought fullback Michael Burton might have coronavirus but that turned out to be a false positive. Now, word the team’s owner Gayle Benson was the victim of …

The New Orleans Saints have had a rough year. Coach Sean Payton battled COVID-19. The team thought fullback Michael Burton might have coronavirus but that turned out to be a false positive. Now, word the team’s owner Gayle Benson was the victim of an attempted carjacking last week.

From Nola.com:

New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson was sitting in her parked car Uptown last weekend when a man barged in and apparently tried to steal the vehicle, police and team officials confirmed Friday.

The man abandoned his plan when Benson screamed for him to get out. Investigators are now searching for a suspect, the Saints and New Orleans police said.

“I can confirm that an incident did occur in Orleans Parish involving Mrs. Benson while she was in her vehicle,” Bensel said in a statement. “While she was very shaken at the time, she was unharmed and is doing fine. She wanted to send her sincere gratitude to the men and women of the New Orleans Police Department that responded so quickly and professionally. We cannot comment further as this is an active investigation.”