And Lewis thinks Gruden has a Dalton in-the-making in Cousins,

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said that finding new players less than a week before the first Test against England is a formidable challenge.It was a brutally realistic assessment of the home teams prospects in their first Test in more than 14 months which they will play without three of their top fast bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed.These three bowlers have given Bangladeshs ODI team a more all-round bowling outlook and provided match-winning options by playing together. But none of these are in contention for the first Test that starts from October 20.Mustafizur, who is recovering from a shoulder surgery, is out until mid-December while Mashrafes knees hasnt allowed him to play Test cricket since 2009.Taskin has not been considered as a longer-version bowler since his international debut in 2014 but could now play red-ball cricket soon although Hathurusingha has major reservations about his pace of development.A fair assessment of the Bangladesh Test squad is a number of blank spaces that dont bode well for a fast-improving cricket nation.Hathurusingha is focused on forming a new bowling attack though he admitted that there is very little to do than show patience with the tried and tested pace bowlers. Bangladesh will go into the game with a completely new attack which will be vastly different from the one that has been developed and somewhat succeeded in the limited overs format.I cant try players at the international level, which is the unfortunate thing in Bangladesh cricket that we are facing, Hathurusingha said. This cannot happen. We are actually trying players at the national level. [Test cricket] is a bigger challenge than anything else.We have had lot of injuries and players lose form because we havent played for a long time. We dont know where the fast bowlers are at this stage. It is a matter of just trusting the players that we have in our midst, and being patient.Apart from Taskin, the likes of Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, and Al-Amin Hossain are front-runners to take up the new ball while newcomers Subashis Roy, Abu Hider, Kamrul Islam Rabbi and even the rookie Ebadat Hossain could be considered. All of these players are involved heavily in the Bangladesh nets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium or at the practice match in the MA Aziz Stadium across town.Hathurusingha said that his focus is on trying to stretch within his limited resources to put together a bowling attack but said he is without the weaponry required for a Test attack.You cant have plans if you dont have ammunition. You can manage what you have, and thats what we are thinking. We will keep developing a strategy in the long-term.Dont expect us to do miracles straight away. If we happen to win the game, well and good and we will be on our way. It will give us a lot of confidence. I am not too worried about what I dont have. I am trying to maximize what we have, he said.Hathurusingha said that the decline of legspinner Jubair Hossain has been particularly frustrating since he was developing into a wicket-taking option since his Test debut in 2014. Jubair, who started off with 11 wickets in his first Test series, cant find a place in his first-class team in this seasons National Cricket League.We havent got our right combination in Test cricket. I have been fighting to find bowlers who can get 20 wickets in Tests. We were looking for a legspinner who can take wickets but he [Jubair Hossain] has faded away.He had the skill, and we saw that at the start when he was on song. He won matches for us. In his second or third match, he took a Test five-for. In the India Test, he got two big wickets. I am very disappointed that the amount of time and energy we spent with him didnt come to fruition.Hathurusingha said that readjusting to Test cricket will take Bangladesh some doing, since many havent played in the domestic first-class competition this season. He added that winning against England would be treated as a bonus.I think it is technical and mental adjustments. 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I just cant wait to play the game.Gruden will be able to look across the field at not only Lewis but his old quarterback, Andy Dalton, and receiver A.J. Green. Two coordinator changes since Gruden have changed plenty around the Bengals to the point Dalton isnt worried about Gruden knowing too much, but there are lessons from a few years ago that are helping now in Washington.A big one has to do with Dalton, whom Gruden groomed from a rookie starter into one of the more consistent passers in the NFL.Jay taught me a lot and he gave me a lot of freedom at the line of scrimmage, Dalton said Wednesday. He allowed me to change plays and get into plays that were better-suited for the defenses that we were getting, and so it taught me a lot just through the preparation of it. I feel like hes got a big part in the reason Ive been playing the way I have here recently, and hes got me to be the player I am today.Kirk Cousins is Grudens challenge now, even after Washingtons starting quarterback threw for 29 touchdowns and a franchise-record 4,166 yards last season. Even though they were only drafted a year apart Dalton (second round, 2011) and Cousins (fourth round, 2012), Gruden said theyre developmental curves are different because of the opportunities they got or didnt get early in their pro careers.Dalton was the man from the get-go in Cincinnati, while Cousins had to wait behind Robert Griffin III, who was the second overall pick in 2012. 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