On his first pass of the game, Mason Rudolph dared the Chicago Bears’ defense. In a moment that would sum up the day, the Bears answered. Rudolph’s heave down the left sideline to WR DK Metcalf was intercepted by CB Nahshon Wright. Beat writer Gerry Dulac, however, doesn’t put the blame on the quarterback.
“If you’re not gonna get that 50-50 ball, and when the other guy’s in front of, you make sure he doesn’t catch it,” Dulac said on 102.5 DVE Monday morning. “And that’s what he didn’t do to start the game. Mason Rudolph throws the pick, but that to me, that’s on DK Metcalf to break that up.