Seneca Wallace Should Have a Starting Job Somewhere

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Matt Hasselbeck gets hurt and again and the Seattle Seahawks will call on Seneca Wallace to save the day.

The team has tried to make him a receiver for years, but he has resisted this idea. Some people might say that’s selfish, but I think he's right.

Wallace is the best backup quarterback in the league.

Now, there are some other solid back up quarterbacks that have done a good job—Billy Volek, Sage Rosenfels, even Todd Collins. But Seneca is better than any of these guys. Let's take a look at some stats:

    Comp%/Yds/TD/INT/RTG

Wallace            58.8/2974/23/13/83.0

Volek                59.7/3515/26/14/84.9

Rosenfels         62.5/4156/30/29/81.2

Collins              56.7/4355/22/19/76.2

Now, someone might look at Volek and say he is arguably better. But, again, I will beg to differ.

A) Volek hasn’t taken a snap since 2007.

He had one good year in 2004, when he started 10 games for the Titans. Volek posted 2,486 yards, 18 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, and a QB rating of 87.1 that year.

But that was five years ago, can anyone really expect him to be the same?

B) Wallace has taken snaps in each of the past five years.

Last year, with a terrible offense, he posted 1,532 yards, 11 touchdowns, and three interceptions in 10 games.

When he gets reps, he doesn’t make mistakes.

Also, he has the ability to scramble and improvise—something most teams lack at the quarterback position. Because of this, Wallace is clearly the best backup in the game.

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