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.
Javon Wims of the Chicago Bears has been suspended without pay for two games for violations of unsportsmanlike conduct rules. pic.twitter.com/hkNaN6aEpc
— Michael Signora (@NFLfootballinfo) November 2, 2020
Ranking the things that got the most hurt here:
1: Javon Wims’ hand
2: Javon Wims’ bank account
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Last: Anything on CJ Gardner-Johnson’s bodypic.twitter.com/THrcUlalUJ— Mike Renner (@PFF_Mike) November 1, 2020
The NFL suspended Bears WR Javon Wims two games for his conduct Sunday. pic.twitter.com/SxROjHUpLY
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 2, 2020
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.
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.