Javon Wims pulls Gardner-Johnsons mouthpiece out then hits him in the head, a breakdown

Nov 2, 2020 1.9M views 3:43

What Happened

During the Bears-Saints game on November 1, 2020, Bears receiver Javon Wims went after Saints defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson in a sequence that started small and escalated badly. On an early play, Gardner-Johnson yanked Wims' orange mouthpiece off his facemask and tossed it on the field, where it sat in the New Orleans backfield for several snaps until a lineman finally chucked it away. Wims stewed about it on the sideline and, on his next chance on the field, charged Gardner-Johnson with open-palm shots to the helmet. Gardner-Johnson kept his hands at his sides and absorbed the blows, knowing exactly who would get ejected.

Why This Matters

Throwing a punch in the NFL is an automatic ejection, and Wims got tossed while Gardner-Johnson, who did the initial instigating, stayed in the game by never raising his hands. That is the whole trick: Gardner-Johnson is a known agitator, and he baited an opponent into the dumbest possible response. Wims was suspended two games for the strikes, a costly penalty for a rotational receiver trying to carve out a role in Chicago. The Saints won 26-23 in overtime, so the Bears lost the player and the game. It's a clean lesson in how retaliation gets punished while the provocateur walks. Even Wims' own teammates waved him off the field, which tells you how little the outburst accomplished beyond the suspension.

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Key Moments

Who / What Is Involved

Players: Javon Wims, Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Teams: Saints.

Javon Wims Chauncey Gardner-Johnson

Key Terms Mentioned

we got punches thrown and mouth guard

theft in the bear saints game it's all

these two

whims and chauncey gardner johnson this

is the first play

nothing really happens there but

afterwards gardner looks at him and says

sup dude i'ma pull your mouth guard

right off your face mask he says do it i

dare you he says okay

bam pulls it chucks in that that wrap

that rep just stumbling into the shot

didn't see a thing just

old round just an old wrath like

mark the ball it's too old i think

anyway

mouth guard just on the ground by the

huddle just chill a nice big old orange

mouth guard you see it over there boom

there it is

hanging out then the bears here it is

right behind the qb right behind the

running back

chilling on the ground no one sees it no

one paying attention to it the bears are

trying to get themselves organized

figure things out almost steps on it

okay in motion he almost steps on it

and then the ref is like guys guys guys

taking way too long

you've taken far too long you're wasting

our time

now pushes them back right up to the

mouth guard number 74 has got to line up

right in front of it

he sees it he's like damn get this thing

out of here he just chucks it

goes for a little mouth guard flight way

back hopefully they don't get pushed

back to over there and then they have to

line up in front of it again that'd be

funny

he chucks it then they go on to like i

don't know what they did they had to

punt there's

there was an interception changeover

down but point is

a lot of time passes by and whims is on

the sideline just get

just waiting and here he is finally this

is his next shot on the field

with garter johnson he doesn't have a

mouth guard and he's just been thinking

about it non-stop play doesn't come to

him he's not involved

finally it's over and now he gets his

chance hey bam bam

okay so at this point at this point

gardner johnson's like what what's up

dude

he's like that's right uh i pulled your

mouth guard and then i punched you

so it would have been real cool in my

opinion if whims just came up to

him and did a little pop with the mouth

guard and that saw and it was like eye

for an eye

i don't have one you don't have one but

then no so then wim says gardner johnson

spit on him here but there's just not

enough time for all that to transpire

before the punch which isn't even a

punch because it's like an

open-handed palm to the helmet

and uh gardner just takes it and then

looks at him

i love that um whims

after he throws it he does this like

punch run away

like the nerdy kid trying to get the

courage to go pick on the bully

throws a punch and runs away right away

so he starts to run away and then he's

like oh [ __ ] wait that didn't phase you

at all you don't care about that

i'ma punch you again gardner sees that

he's coming at him again

and gardner's a professional pest man i

mean this is what they do it's an

impressive skill he's like i'll keep my

hands

by my side you can punch me you'll get

suspended

i won't i won you lost see what he does

he sees that he's coming at him again

doesn't defend

himself doesn't do anything keeps his

hands by side just takes it to the head

just casually turns his head like

okay dude do you you're gonna get kicked

out i kind of won

so whims does that another palm and then

uh jenkins

rides him to the ground old ref falls

down to a knee he's just

oh my god i didn't even notice this ref

that's kind of sad just kind of falls to

the knee and then kind of like

grabs 22 and rides him for a little bit

that's all sad

anyway whims he gets tackled to the

ground by jenkins they fool around for a

while then wim

stands up and he starts clapping like he

proves something

he's like yeah and he starts flexing a

little bit and his own teammates number

74 is like get the [ __ ] out of here dude

get the [ __ ] out of here i want to touch

your nasty mouth guard again

leave his own teammates the bear's like

dude leave like you just embarrassed

yourself and everyone

so whims gets told to leave he's like

you can't come back we don't want you

anymore he gives his

gloves to a lucky fan and then that's

the end of that