NEW STARTER JOHNSON PLEASING WITH PRACTICES
Raheem Morris
TAMPA  Raheem Morris has had less than a week to assess Josh Johnson in his new role as starting quarterback  but the Bucs' coach likes everything he has seen from the second-year pro in practice.
 "It was great " Morris said. "You want the quarterback to have control of the huddle. You want him to have control of the offense. And he went out there and did that. And it was not a shock.
 "He went out there and executed his plays. He was hard on himself. He was conscientious of working the pocket. And he practiced like a pro. That's all you can really ask from anybody."
 Johnson began training camp as the fourth-team quarterback but Monday was tapped to replace Byron Leftwich as the starter for Sunday's road game against the Redskins. The work began in earnest after the team's day off Tuesday.
 "He had a really great day Wednesday " Morris said. "We came back on Thursday and didn't practice as well as we did Wednesday but he was decent. And (Friday) he cleaned up a lot of things and got a perfect red zone period in there  and he fared pretty well. Now it's time to go out to the game and actually play."
TAMPA  [TGT] has had less than a week to assess Josh Johnson in [TGT] new role as starting quarterback  but the Bucs' coach likes everything [TGT] has seen from the second-year pro in practice.
 "It was great [TGT] said. "You want the quarterback to have control of the huddle. You want [TGT] to have control of the offense. And [TGT] went out there and did that. And it was not a shock.
 "[TGT] went out there and executed [TGT] plays. [TGT] was hard on [TGT]. [TGT] was conscientious of working the pocket. And [TGT] practiced like a pro. That's all you can really ask from anybody."
 Johnson began training camp as the fourth-team quarterback but Monday was tapped to replace Byron Leftwich as the starter for Sunday's road game against the Redskins. The work began in earnest after the team's day off Tuesday.
 "[TGT] had a really great day Wednesday " [TGT] said. "We came back on Thursday and didn't practice as well as we did Wednesday but [TGT] was decent. And (Friday) [TGT] cleaned up a lot of things and got a perfect red zone period in there  and [TGT] fared pretty well. Now it's time to go out to the game and actually play."