Seahawks bring quarterback in for workout
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CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Down to just two healthy quarterbacks and facing their preseason opener on Monday night, the Seattle Seahawks brought in rookie Bryson Spinner for a workout.
Spinner had signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a free agent in May out of the University of Richmond, but was released. He was put through a series of throws by quarterback coach Jim Zorn on Wednesday, but the team made no decision on whether to sign him.
Seattle opens the preseason at Green Bay.
The Seahawks are without backups Trent Dilfer and Brock Huard, both sidelined with back injuries.
Starting quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and backup Seneca Wallace have been taking all the snaps in practice, with Wallace leading both the second- and third-team offenses. Coach Mike Holmgren has been very happy with Wallace's progress and performance thus far at training camp.
”I couldn't be more pleased. If I had to pick out one guy I'm really pleased with in this camp, it would be Seneca,” Holmgren said. ”Now he'll get a chance to play in a game, let's see how he does.”
Listed at only 5-feet-11, Wallace won the No. 3 quarterbacking position last season. He was Seattle's fourth-round pick in the 2003 draft out of Iowa State, where he was an all-Big 12 Conference second-team selection his senior year.
Wallace is expected to battle with Huard for the No. 3 role again this year.
TAYLOR RETURNS: Cornerback Bobby Taylor participated in his first full practice in eight days.
The veteran injured his knee during practice on Aug. 3 and had been held out of contact drills for the past week. Taylor worked mostly with the second- and third-team defenses on Wednesday.
”We're easing him into it,” Holmgren said. ”Some of the guys that have played a while, we don't worry so much about how they are going to function in games. It's more that we want them to be healthy.”
The former Pro Bowl standout signed an $11.8 million deal in the offseason after playing his first nine seasons in Philadelphia.
TUBBS' DAY: Rookie Marcus Tubbs went through his first full practice Wednesday morning after signing his contract on Tuesday. In full pads, Tubbs worked briefly with the defensive linemen before going off with strength and conditioning coach Mike Clark to work on stamina.
ETC: Wednesday night was the players' first night off during camp. Because there had been no fines thus far, Holmgren gave all the players an extra hour of freedom, extending curfew to midnight.
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