Tom Clements Quotations

I think we're better up front than we were last year, ... There's more depth at receiver. I think the backs will be better than last year. Tight ends are doing well. Then you have essentially a rookie quarterback. The fortunate thing for him is a lot of rookie quarterbacks who play are with teams that don't have that kind of talent surrounding them. So we think we can have a very good offense. It's just going to be a matter of hopefully starting off fast.

No, he hasn't thrown many, and for the most part he goes to the correct guy, ... He doesn't force a lot of passes, which obviously translates to fewer interceptions. That's been a big plus. . . . The games are a lot different than practice. He's left the pocket sometimes when the protection has been good. But for the most part he gets back and unloads it.

That's one of our goals, to score touchdowns in the red zone,

The biggest benefit to (Losman) is we have a team with a good defence. We're going to try to control the ball. We're going to be a running team and try for big plays when we have the opportunity.

The biggest benefit to him is we have a team with a good defense, ... We have a lot of good players on offense. So it isn't like the (John) Elway situation or the Peyton (Manning) situation.

He has good size. He runs well. Mechanically, he is pretty sound. He has a strong arm. He just has a lot of tools to work with. We are very happy to get him where we got him.

He has to be careful doing that backing up, ... He got caught against Green Bay. If you leave the pocket too early and take off and run that's not necessarily a bad thing because he's got good running ability. He just has to be smart about it. Get out of bounds or slide.

We have a quarterback who can move around,

It is a very satisfying feeling. It is wonderful to see how excited the students are.