Clare football boss Colm Collins admits he was surprised by the margin of their victory over Wexford in their opening Allianz League encounter.
A 1-16 to 0-5 win sees the Banner top Division Three after Round one, with Louth providing the opposition in Drogheda next time out.
Clare were dominant throughout, with Pat Burke's goal putting the icing on the fourteen point win.
Collins says while he was confident of a victory, he was expecting a tougher contest.
Elsewhere, Mayo forward Evan Regan is in danger of missing the remainder of their National Football League campaign.
The corner forward suffered a fractured collarbone early in their 2-11 to 0-10 defeat of Kerry in Killarney yesterday.
Regan had a bad fall after colliding with Kingdom pair, Mark Griffin and Johnny Buckley.
Meanwhile, it's been revealed that Tyrone's Sean Cavanagh played more than three-quarters of their Division One defeat to Monaghan on Saturday night with a possible concussion.
The Moy clubman suffered a blow to the head fifteen minutes into the game at Healy Park, but refused to leave the pitch.
GAA medical guidelines state that players suspected of suffering concussion should be removed from the pitch immediately, and barred for playing for the rest of that day.
Tyrone manager Mickey Harte claimed the concussion "wasn't serious enough" to cause Cavanagh to be substituted.
