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The Vikings had the perfect scouting report for Ihmir Smith-Marsette
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The Vikings had the perfect scouting report for Ihmir Smith-Marsette

Originally posted on ChiCitySports  |  By Ned F  |  Last updated 10/9/22

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:

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.

This article first appeared on ChiCitySports and was syndicated with permission.

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