Seneca Wallace?

Per Danny O'Neil, the Seahawks have expressed interest in Seneca. From seattletimes.com:

Seneca Wallace and Tyler Thigpen are two other players Seattle has expressed interest in (besides Portis) and may pursue next week. Brady Quinn and Matt Leinart are two other considerations.

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In terms of skill sets, Wallace is the one who might most closely resemble Wilson. Now 32, Wallace is an athletic quarterback with a strong arm. Whoever Seattle signs would be coming in to compete with Portis to be Wilson's backup.

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Take it for what you will. I'd actually be okay with this.

I prefer Seneca over any of the others. He was fairly accurate and could make a read or two. Plus he has a ton of experience starting and on the sideline, not to mention the training he got from Holmgen and Zorn which would be invaluable.

Seneca Wallace:
59.2% completion 4,808 yards 6.29 YPA 31 TDs 18 INTs 10 Fumbles Rating: 81.3

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4568/seneca-wallace

Tyler Thigpen:
54.0% completion [OMFG no thanks!] 3,222 yards 6.33 YPA 21 TDs 18 INTs 2 Fumbles Rating: 72.5

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10660/tyler-thigpen

The others, pass...

Brady Quinn Rating: 64.4

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10466/brady-quinn

Matt Leinart, most of his throws to Larry Fitzgerald, some to Anquan Boldin, so he should be good right?

57.1% completion 4,065 yards 6.34 YPA 15 TDS 21 INTS!!! 6 let's get ready to fumble! - How does he get a 70.2 rating?

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/9596/matt-leinart

The answer is CLEAR! Seneca Wallace! The man can run! "Some say he's still running..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gPOl_F8HQ

Bonus if you can identify the announcer in that clip :snack:

While I strongly disagree with "Dumb as an old boot", Seneca does have a learning disability and I remember reading that he required extra help to understand the offense back in the Holmgren days. That's not ideal in a backup QB who won't see a whole lot of reps. He's also spent basically his whole career around Holmgren's offense, so there is a real concern that he wouldn't be able to pick up Bevell's offense as quickly as another option at QB (but probably quite a bit more quickly than VY, who really is dumb as an old boot).

I think you could do a lot worse in a backup QB, though. Wallace was able to take care of the football and not lose games on a craptastic Seahawks team ('08 and '09) with practically no talent around him. I agree with those who have said if we lose Wilson long term, we're not going for the SB anyways... but if we lose Wilson for a few games, Wallace is the kind of QB who can give you a shot at those games until Wilson comes back - and that could make a big difference in a SB run.

Smelly McUgly":2ssweszh said:

I feel like we could use one big "Who should be our QB2?" thread because, hey, it's something to talk about before the draft gets here. Also, I always forget in which thread I posted which suggestions or comments about this topic.

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The fact that all people can seem to talk about is the backup QB tells you just how good this team is.

Count me in as one who would welcome Seneca back as a better option than some of the others that are on the table. He managed to go .500 I think that year when Hass was down for a long stretch, and that was post-Hutch I believe so the run game wasn't what it was in 05.

On this team, with these weapons on offense and this defense, you'd think .500 would be a reasonable expectation as well, and that keeps you in the hunt even if our savior RW were out for 4. If RW is out longer then we know we're screwed anyhow.

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I could support Seneca as our backup. He's got some skills and he was always mobile.

As far as his intelligence, his penchant for running out of bounds 10 yards behind the LOS didn't help that meme.

Overall, though, he would be a fine backup IMHO.