Seattle Seahawks Pursuing QB Jeff Garcia?

Yesterday amongst the 704 cuts there were some bigger names than others. Brian Russell, Alex Smith (TE), A.J Feely, Tony Pashos, Zach Thomas, and Jeff Garcia.

One player on that list really jumped out at me and that was quarterback Jeff Garcia who was released by the Oakland Raiders, go figure.

Garcia was in a "quarterback battle" with JaMarcus Russell but really was projected to be the second quarterback for the Raiders.

Well as it turns out he will be neither the starter nor backup. He's now an unrestricted free agent.

Right away I thought of the idea of having Jeff Garcia with the Seahawks making perfect sense.

Now there will be a lot of fans in Seahawks Nation who will say that Seneca Wallace is our backup and a great backup quarterback for the Seahawks.

Some might even say that Seneca gives Seattle a better chance to win over Matt Hasselbeck (yes I have had someone say that to me).

But in all reality Jeff Garcia is the best backup quarterback there is in the NFL. Seneca Wallace is an above average backup but he's not a pocket quarterback nor does he have as good of an arm that Garcia does.

Let's compare Seneca Wallace and Jeff Garcia.

Jeff Garcia:

Garcia is a prove winner who gives you tons of experience in the playoffs and also as just a starting quarterback.

Garcia can be considered a starting quarterback from week one but Seneca Wallace would have to hope that Hasselbeck gets injured to play.

Last season even Charlie Frye started a game over Seneca Wallace and you could make the case for Charlie Frye as the worst quarterback in the NFL.

Also Jeff Garcia would fit great in the Seahawks new offense with the running game opening up the passing game.

Garcia is an older version of Matt Hasselbeck. Neither have a super bowl ring, both a great quarterbacks and both have a lot of experience.

Seneca Wallace:

People need to stop calling Wallace the Seahawks version of Michael Vick because Wallace has a ways to go to get to where Vick is.

Seneca is a good quarterback, a good backup, good on the move but is not even close to being a pocket quarterback in the NFL.

Wallace's size doesn’t help him either.

Last season Wallace tied the most amount of games he's played in a season, ten games.

In those 10 games he led the Seahawks to three wins.

I would bet if you put Jeff Garcia under center with those ten games he would have won at least six of those 10.

So who comes out the winner? Jeff Garcia.

Now why would it make sense for the Seahawks to sign Jeff Garcia? Well one thing would have to happen first.

The Seahawks would trade Seneca Wallace and probably could get a second or third round pick back.

Then Garcia would be able to learn from weeks one through three and then if Hasselbeck went down with an injury Garcia would already know the offense so there wouldn’t be any problem.

Plus it would go with what the Seahawks are doing. Bringing in old vets for one-year contracts, ala Edgerrin James, Lawyer Milloy, and Travis Fisher.

We'll have to wait and see if the Seahawks make a move on Jeff Garcia.