"For the most part it was they threw and caught it better than we defended it," Fangio said. "That's a very good passing game, very good quarterback. He's got good weapons to throw to, and they threw it and caught it better than we defended it.Warmups with a kickabout had become an incongruous cliche: in no other sport do players prepare by playing, well, another sport. Since the arrival as fitness coach of Welshman Huw Bevan, the former conditioning coach of the Ospreys rugby union team, England's training has been more rigorous, while the drills fit the disciplines. Fast bowlers are taken through a succession of 24 short sprints to replicate a fourover spell.

4. NEW Defence: Coordinator Billy Davis is using a new 34 alignment, and if what it did against the Jets is any indication, the Eagles could be trouble for some teams. Philadelphia had seven firsthalf sacks on Thursday night and those were by backups.Both Easterling and Duerson had committed suicide