The No. 2 offense drove quickly against the No. 2 defense, scoring on a long pass from Gus Frerotte to Jaymar Johnson in the corner of the end zone.

“Our defense gives us a great challenge every day,” Bevell said. “To work against them every day only makes us better.”

Notes
Receiver Robert Ferguson walked off the field a few minutes early, appearing overheated, and went into the air-conditioned medical trailer on the field, accompanied by two team officials. After a few minutes, he walked with those officials across the street to the locker room. He told reporters he just got too hot and he was fine, but he did not participate in the afternoon special teams practice. ... Safety Michael Boulware got a lot of work with the first nickel defense as starter Darren Sharper watched from the sidelines. ... Childress said that he expects the starters to play “about two quarters” in Saturday’s game at Baltimore.