Bears receiver Javon Wims just started punching a guy: https://t.co/3PhgQZchts pic.twitter.com/GGzNR4rup4
— Defector (@DefectorMedia) November 1, 2020
Early speculation:
i just got a phone call with a description of an incident in saints-bears that...i cannot believe that was real. i have to see this. my man couldn't even explain it right at first cuz it sounded so bananas.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) November 1, 2020
if your analysis doesn't start with the pantomimed chain snatch, we are not the same.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) November 1, 2020
And the backstory:
THREAD: My Zapruder breakdown of the Chauncey Gardner-Johnson/Javon Wims beef.
— Evan Saacks (@evansaacks) November 2, 2020
It begins on this play on the Bears’ first possession of the second half. After exchanging some words, CJGJ rips Wims’ mouthpiece off and it falls onto the ground. pic.twitter.com/wwQgcbKdJ5
Wims is subbed out and therefore cannot retaliate on the next play. But he’d have a problem if he was in because his mouthpiece is still on the ground! pic.twitter.com/RzsHVcIxsY
— Evan Saacks (@evansaacks) November 2, 2020
The Bears then suffer a delay of game penalty which pushes them back five yards: right into the mouthpiece! The right guard throws it out which Buck and Aikman recognize.
— Evan Saacks (@evansaacks) November 2, 2020
Foles is sacked which forces the Bears to punt, meaning Wims must wait even longer to retaliate. pic.twitter.com/2Zq4L4K3jo
After an entire Saints drive where Wims was stewing on the bench for 11 real life minutes, Wims retaliates on the first play of the next drive. He tries to rip CJGJ’s mouthpiece out, but he is unsuccessful. That’s when he decides to throw a punch which... is also unsuccessful. pic.twitter.com/OJN6Uwuaxo
— Evan Saacks (@evansaacks) November 2, 2020