New Bears offensive lineman says his level of play has been bad so far this season
As the Bears continue to struggle offensively, there's blame to be shared all around. With that in mind, veteran offensive lineman Lucas Patrick is ready to take plenty himself.
Patrick on Thursday spoke candidly about his performance through six games, saying that he and the Bears' offensive line must improve to give second-year quarterback Justin Fields a better chance at success.
Patrick moved to left guard. It didn't matter which side Patrick played, however. He was ineffective regardless.R
«Definitely not my standard,» Patrick said. «There are some serious things I have been working on trying to work out kinks, which side I have been playing, I am trying to get in a rhythm. I personally have to be better for this team. What I was brought in here to do and performー I haven't been playing to my standards point blank.»
«The beauty of this sport is it's black and white,» Patrick said. «I either get my job done or I don't. There's not many things I think in society that it's as black and white as this sport, which I love because there's no hiding.
«That was the beauty of all these days off. I had some real conversations with my O-line coach, sat down. I relied on some really good players we have here in Riley (Reiff) and Cody, went to them. Was talking to Sam (Mustipher) today about a few things. We've got some really good players here we can rely on but it's having face-to-face, man-to-man conversations about what's going on.»
«We have to do the best we can do to keep him clean,» said Patrick. «Because as we've seen multiple times, if we keep him clean or give him a rush lane to sneak out, he's a very special player. We need to live up to the standard we have in our room to really help him become the elite player that he is. You can't change my mind that that guy is not a future stud in this league.
«We just have to be better for him because he deserves it.»
