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“Larry Ogunjobi embodies everything we are looking for in a Bear,” general manager Ryan Poles said in a statement. “He is a special person and player. During the league’s negotiating window earlier this week, we agreed to terms with him, subject to him passing a physical here. After a standard and thorough physical and medical review with Larry yesterday afternoon, our medical team deemed him to have failed his physical and therefore, unfortunately, we are not signing him today. This is difficult and it is emotional for everyone involved, but ultimately is what is in the best interest of protecting the Chicago Bears.”

In 2010, Marshall paid $1.36 million for the five-bedroom house in Lincolnwood. Now, the Marshalls are moving on. Built in 2003, the house is situated on a 0.40-acre property and has 6-1/2 bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, two-story windows, a separate private apartment for guests, a first-floor primary bedroom suite with a fireplace, a gym, a home theater and a game room. The house also has an indoor pool.

MLB TV’s blackout restrictions currently impede teams in areas where the cable service does not carry their respective regional sports network’s games. So for baseball fans in Des Moines, Iowa, the site of the Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate, they are prevented from watching Cubs, White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers games on MLB TV. In-market fans are blacked out on the league’s streaming service, too.

The Bears had 32 players who became free agents Wednesday afternoon when the new league year began. The only player on that list to be re-signed is long snapper Patrick Scales, who joined the team in 2015. There are starting spots to fill all over the place and almost no depth in place with the departures of Mack, nose tackle Eddie Goldman and inside linebacker Danny Trevathan, who were released.

“You can say whatever you want about playing time today, but you don’t know what that looks like until you get to the season,” Heyward said. “See if there are injuries, see how things are flowing, the teams we’re playing against, the matchups they’re going to want to make — it’s just wise and I guess respectable to everyone in this situation to just wait and see and play it by ear.”