The Vikings knew that wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette had a tendency he’d be bad with the football and they took advantage
Sunday’s game between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings was a tale of two halves. Chicago fell behind early on allowing Kirk Cousins and the Vikings offense to do what they wanted.
Minnesota led at the half 21-10 but the second half was a different story.
Quarterback Justin Fields led the Bears on three scoring drives as they took a 22-21 lead in the fourth quarter. After Kirk Cousins and the they answered with a long scoring drive to take the lead, the stage was set for Fields and the offense. Unfortunately, wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette fumbled as Cam Dantzler stripped the ball out of his hands.
Following the game, Minnesota admitted that they saw a tendency on Smith-Marsette and took advantage of it:
Cameron Dantzler on his game-winning strip of Ihmir Smith-Marsette: “We kind of had intel that he’d be loose with the ball.” #Vikings
— Sam Ekstrom (@SamEkstrom) October 9, 2022
Ouch.
Smith-Marsette spent last season with the Vikings and even scored against Chicago at Soldier Field a year ago. Having him as a former teammate and going up against him in practice last year and this training camp sure as heck helped them.
Following the game, Smith-Marsette admitted that he knew he should have run out of bounds on the play.
“It was a selfish play by me,”Smith-Marsette said via Bears reporter Sean Hammond following the game in the locker room.
And that’s why you do your scouting on opposing players.
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