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Among the hundreds in the crowd preparing for the two-mile stroll along Lake Michigan was the family of the late Eric Queyquep, who died of ALS in 2012 at the age of 46. His wife, Ninfa Queyquep, said she has brought her sizable team to the Walk for Life event every year since 2010. When COVID-19 interrupted the annual tradition last year, her family did the walk on their own in their hometown of Bensenville, Illinois.

Former Chicago Bears players Steve McMichael, center, and Dan Hampton, right, laugh while talking before the ALS Walk for Life at Soldier Field on Sept. 18, 2021, in Chicago. McMichael, who was diagnosed with ALS, received the Les Turner ALS Foundation Courage Award during the opening ceremony. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

“If Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence were in the same class, I think it would be a good discussion for which one goes first,” the scout said. “Burrow is a really high-level thrower. He doesn’t have all of the physical traits of Lawrence, but in terms of processing ability, movement skills within the pocket and to the edge of the pocket and his ability to throw with location, he’s playing at a high level. Coming back from a serious knee injury, and he played more than half of last season too, he played pretty good ball against the Vikings. He was seeing the field well and he was getting the ball out quickly. They’ve done a nice job of designing the system where they give him a lot of layered reads, a lot of high/low reads, and when he does take the one-on-ones, he’ll put the ball where he wants it.

Zach Davies, who started Friday against the Brewers and gave up four runs on six hits in 4⅓ innings in an 8-5 loss, will be a free agent after the season and likely will be gone without an offer. Justin Steele, who starts Saturday, has earned a starting job, and Keegan Thompson and Adbert Alzolay will compete for one in spring training, though both could be in the bullpen depending on whether Hoyer spends on starting pitching. Alec Mills, the proverbial good soldier, will do whatever is asked.

“Just be who we are, because that wasn’t who we are, having all the mental lapses,” Johnson said. “It wasn’t even really too much to talk about. It’s just, ‘Hey, this is what we did wrong. We can’t have it again’. So it wasn’t (any) panic. It wasn’t anything like that. It was just, ‘Fix what needs to be fixed.’ ”

The game got interesting on the first drive of the third quarter. Tagovailoa marched the Terrapins down the field, and Fleet-Davis capped a drive with a 2-yard touchdown run to make it 10-3 Maryland. Illinois then went three-and-out, but Maryland fumbled the ball on its next drive at the Illinois 7 that prevented what appeared to be a certain score.

“I just went back to a little bit more focus,” Cease said. “Don’t take your eye off the target, and it clicked. But that’s baseball. Sometimes it takes a second to get in a groove. But really, wasting pitches like that is unacceptable. So it’s something I’m looking to limit, and I’m going to be able to take what happened (Friday) and finish strong in the season.”

Lorenzo Cain lined into a double play to end the inning, and Frank Schwindel, who came into the night hitting a league-best .440 since Sept. 3, led off the fifth with a solo home run, his 14th of the season. Davies was removed in the bottom of the fifth, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks over 4⅓ innings.

“Certainly, high expectations always (for the bullpen), but baseball has a way of humbling you,” Marshall said. “But you’ve seen people who have just locked down and come back to life. Like Aaron Bummer, he’s always been amazing, but he’s been so good lately. And Garrett Crochet and José Ruiz, guys like that who have absolutely taken leaps forward.

“Muhammad Ali’s time spent in Chicago, which was significant … (it) was a seminal period in his life so it was a natural thing for us to build out a website so we could make sure our audience in this region, knows about all the connections there,” Gleason said. “Some of the content you’ll see: We had local architecture expert Lee Bey do a photo essay of all of the buildings, places and spaces that had some meaning to it and his time here. We also have an interview with Ali’s biographer who has local connections, an interview with the filmmakers, some personal reflections from our staff, and other special content.”