Javon Wims: Chicago Bears wide receiver suspended for two games after sucker punch

C.J. Gardner-Johnson has denied reports he spat on Javon Wims during the game, prompting the punch and the ensuing on-field fracas; New Orleans Saints won the match 26-23 after the third-quarter incident on Sunday

During the third quarter of the Saints’ 26-23 overtime win, Wims ran over to Gardner-Johnson – who wasn’t guarding him on the play – and hit him twice in the helmet and facemask. A fight broke out and the Bears receiver was ejected.

NFL Network reported on Monday that Wims told Chicago coaches that Gardner-Johnson spit on him in addition to ripping out his mouthpiece.

Gardner-Johnson, who was slugged by teammate Michael Thomas in practice that led to Thomas missing the team’s Week 5 game, denied that report.

“It ain’t got nothing to do with me. If he’s acting out, that’s on him,” Gardner-Johnson told reporters. “It wasn’t no incident. … It’s a lot of he said, he said. Ain’t nothing happened. Nobody got spit on.”