It's not often that a Chicago Bear supports a Minnesota Viking. It's just the latest part of a controversy involving last week's hit on Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater by Rams cornerback Lamarcus Joyner.

Hall of Famer and former Bears defensive lineman Dan Hampton sounded as though he called out St. Louis, when asked to assess its Week 10 game against Chicago, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.

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"A lot tougher job this week, we've got to play the Rams," Hampton said. "You know, I know, the Rams, they're thugs in shoulder pads. They like to get after you. They knock you around."

Whether Hampton was joining Viking coach Mike Zimmer's assessment that Joyner intentionally tried to hurt Bridgewater is unclear. Joyner knocked Bridgewater unconscious as Bridgewater was trying to slide after a scramble during Minnesota's 21-18 victory over St. Louis on Sunday.

The play itself is also still under review as to whether Joyner was trying hurt Bridgewater or if it was just an unfortunate set of circumstances that resulted in Bridgewater's injury.

Zimmer was livid over the hit, saying the Rams' play was a cheap shot, CBS Sports reported. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, however, said he thought it was simply a bang-bang play.

"Initial reaction, I actually just took off sprinting over there towards the Rams players because you know I seen it and it looked bad," Peterson said, according to Pro Football Talk. "It looked dirty, but as I was over there kind of in the midst of those guys I wanted to watch the replay before I reacted and I do anything crazy but, you know, that is our guy. It appeared dirty but watching the replay I honestly feel, my opinion, that he didn't target him. If he was targeting him he did a bad job of executing."

Hampton was part of one of the most feared defenses in the NFL with the 1985 Super Bowl champion Bears. He may just have been admiring the Rams defense. Or not.

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