Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Wims may appeal the suspension within three business days. Any appeal will be heard and decided by either Derrick Brooks or James Thrash, the hearing officers jointly appointed and compensated by the NFL and NFLPA to decide appeals of on-field player discipline.
Nagy was angered by the incident, describing it immediately after the game Sunday as “completely unacceptable.”
“We’ve talked to him and told him that that’s not how things go here,” Nagy said at the time. “One of Javon’s strengths is his character, who he is as a person. He’s since apologized. But you don’t have that. There’s no part of that in this game. That’s not how we roll here.”
Later in his press conference Sunday, Nagy brought up Wims’ actions again unsolicited, saying: “I’m just going to continue going back, I am really, really bothered by that third-quarter incident. That bothers me. I’m being completely honest with you guys. It bothers me.”
One play after the penalty on Wims turned second-and-five into second-and-20, Foles’ pass intended for Jimmy Graham was intercepted by Marshon Lattimore at the Bears’ 39. The Saints converted the turnover into Wil Lutz’s 27-yard field goal, taking a 16-13 lead.
“It’s brutal,” Nagy said Sunday. “You go from second-and-5 to second-and-20. That’s hard. What I don’t like is you come out, it’s a tie game and you have an opportunity to do some things and we go the other way. I felt like it took the sting out, the fire, for a little bit. We had to regroup. The defense, at least in that situation with the field position, was able to hold them and not let them score touchdowns. But we had to regroup offensively on the sideline and just let these guys know, ‘Let’s go. Get on track and get out of that.’ That’s kind of where we were with that.”