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Seahawks backup quarterback Seneca Wallace is a great athlete but not a particularly polished passer, which means he’d be a natural fit to change positions, rather than hold a clipboard and wait until Matt Hasselbeck gets hurt. But Wallace considers himself a quarterback, and coach Mike Holmgren has been reluctant to move him elsewhere.

That could be changing, though, as the Seattle Times is reporting that Wallace worked on punt returns in camp on Monday. Nate Burleson was last year’s punt return man, and the Seahawks also had Bobby Engram back there yesterday, but the fact that Wallace is spending some time playing special teams is an encouraging sign that his great athletic talent might actually be used on the field.

Then again, having Wallace play elsewhere is not uncommon in Seahawks practice — he’s played offense, special teams and even defensive back in the past. The down side to having Wallace appear on special teams, of course, is that he can spend less time working at quarterback, and the Seahawks aren’t confident in third-stringer David Greene.

But the fact is, his talents would be better suited at a position other than quarterback. He and the Seahawks will be better off if he follows in the footsteps of Drew Bennett, Joshua Cribbs, Ronald Curry, Marques Hagans, Randy Hymes, Matt Jones, Rasheed Marshall, Antwaan Randle El and Brad Smith.

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