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Seneca Wallace Traded to Cleveland

Mar 8, 2010 – 9:52 PM
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Seneca WallaceThe Cleveland Browns have traded for a quarterback, but it doesn't quite look like he's the long-term answer. The Browns have dealt what will likely end up a late-round draft pick to the Seattle Seahawks for Seneca Wallace, according to a tweet from ESPN's Adam Shefter.

Wallace is a career backup who has appeared in 47 games for the Seahawks since being selected in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. It's worth nothing that Mike Holmgren was part of the brain trust who drafted Wallace and is now the team president of the Browns, so he may really see something in the agile 29-year-old.

Wallace has a career quarterback rating of 83.1 and has, at times, filled in quite admirably in the absence of Seattle's long-time starter Matt Hasselbeck. Still, the Seahawks won just five of his 15 career starts and lost all three of the sort in 2009. He does seem to present a nice wildcat duo with Josh Cribbs in the backfield, should the Browns decide to use that tandem as a change of pace.

Brady Quinn will enter 2010 with just 12 career starts in three seasons. It's likely he'll have every chance to win the job in the preseason. He did have two huge games last season, but those were buried underneath a pile of ineptitude. He ended the season having completed just 53.1 percent of his passes and with a 67.2 rating. Seven of his eight total touchdown passes came in just two games (he played 10 total). Still, he appears to have the most upside of the trio of passers in town.

The third quarterback, former Pro Bowler Derek Anderson, will probably be either cut or traded soon, in light of this acquisition. Of course, the Browns haven't said anything publicly. It's possible they'll keep Anderson and move Quinn (though it is a long shot, due to the fact the Browns won't want to pick up Anderson's roster bonus).

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