What it is saying is it is like having a peanut butter jelly sandwich without the bread. It is ridiculous and something that is needed to make a whole of something. So like per say, you have a teddy bear but you buy that teddy bear but it has no filling in it. So it's like claiming to be a car salesman, without the cars. I hope this helps, sorry if it doesn't make sense.
The answer is b. team.
The past participles battered and bruised are both intended to modify the noun team, the head of the noun phrase the football team which serves as the subject of the main clause.
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In Federalist No. 10, Madison identifies direct democracy as a threat to the United States, because under a direct democracy there the potential for 'mob rule,' whereby the largest faction controls the whole.