During Wednesday’s Bears practice, interior lineman Lucas Patrick returned to snapping balls at center for the first time since breaking his thumb in late July. It might be the first real sign that the big man is ready to helm the middle again for Chicago’s offensive front — where the Bears originally signed him to play in March.
Patrick had actually played in each of the Bears’ first two games of the 2022 season against the 49ers and Packers, albeit at guard. The veteran lineman was in a rotation of snaps with Teven Jenkins while wearing a cast/club on his arm.