Jaquan Brisker improving on daily basis

Brisker agrees with Eberflus’ assertion that he’s improving in practice. The second-round pick from Penn State has focused on cleaning up his footwork when tackling, “being more balanced, more under control, staying more square, letting it come to me, being a little more patient.”

“I feel like I’m just really focusing on my technique every single play,” Brisker said. “I’m really just locking in, just doing my job, doing what I have to do at a fast-speed pace.”

Not my standard: Speaking to reporters Thursday, veteran offensive lineman Lucas Patrick provided a blunt assessment of how he’s been playing of late.

“Definitely not my standard,” Patrick said. “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, I haven’t been playing to my standards, point blank.”

After spending his first six NFL seasons with the Packers, Patrick signed a two-year deal with the Bears in March. The team planned on starting him at center, but he sustained a right hand injury on the second day of training camp that sidelined him for a month.

Returning for the season opener, Patrick split time with Teven Jenkins at right guard in the first three games but has played exclusively at left guard the past three contests after veteran Cody Whitehair hurt his knee.

“It’s a different approach, but there’s no excuses in this game,” Patrick said. “If I’m in there playing, the guy I am going against doesn’t care whether I’ve had 1,000 snaps, one snap, playing left, right, whatever. I have to perform. I’m going to work at performing at a higher level.”

In an effort to improve his play, Patrick has recently spoken to offensive line coach Chris Morgan and veteran linemates such as Whitehair and Riley Reiff.

“It’s not too tough to self-evaluate yourself because the beauty of this sport is it’s black and white,” Patrick said. “Either I 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. It’s either who you are as a person or who you’re not, and you have to have open and honest and real conversations.”