He was relegated to the second-team offense in practice last week, and he has to be hearing footsteps even when there is no defensive back tracking him.

The second-team offense did not fare much better against the second-team defense.

Even the second-team offense scored against a porous Pitt (2-4) that was 95th out of 107 defenses in Division I-A.

But against the Jets, Maddox did very little to help his cause while playing with the second-team offense against the Jets' second-teamers.

Then, after 12 plays, the second-team offense went against the first-team Giants defense.

During June workouts, Parmele worked with the second-team offense and also returned punts.

On Friday, he and Palmer split time with the second-team offense.

Often working with the second-team offense, Bennett averaged just 2.85 yards a carry.

The second-team offense and defense took a game the starters were dominating and turned it into a 15-14 Jets victory.

The Giants' second-team defense played a strong third quarter against the Panthers' second-team offense.