Seattle Seahawks First Quarter Notes: Seneca Wallace

by John Morgan on Sep 28, 2009 8:00 PM PDT

Seneca Wallace:

1-10-CHI 30 (11:19) (Shotgun) 15-S.Wallace pass short right to 81-N.Burleson pushed ob at CHI 25 for 5 yards (55-L.Briggs).

2-5-CHI 25 (11:04) 15-S.Wallace FUMBLES (Aborted) at CHI 39, and recovers at CHI 39. 15-S.Wallace pushed ob at CHI 39 for no gain (92-H.Hillenmeyer).

Wallace spoiled a play-action screen pass to Nate Burleson. The play was supposed to be bang-bang: Wallace fakes a hand off to Jones out of shotgun and then hits Burleson curled in the right flat. Instead, Wallace reacted to imagined pressure, dropped deep into the pocket and rolled out right before finally passing to Burleson. It went for five, but should have been longer.

He tossed a fumble on the next snap and recovered it for a loss of 14. Wallace had the time and space to throw it out of bounds and avoid the lost yards.

2-8-SEA 33 (4:30) (Shotgun) 15-S.Wallace pass incomplete short right to 84-T.Houshmandzadeh (33-C.Tillman).

He hit T.J. Houshmandzadeh right in the hands on a good read and accurate pass. Housh dropped it.

3-4-CHI 28 (:50) (Shotgun) 15-S.Wallace pass incomplete deep right to 81-N.Burleson.

This was the heartbreaker. Charles Tillman attempted to jam Nate Burleson, but Burleson shook the jam and got behind Tillman in a flash. The Bears were in cover one and the right side of the field was completely open deep. Wallace lobbed a pass to the wide open Burleson but threw it way too far for Burleson to catch it. A bad pass nets good yardage and a first down. A good pass gets a touchdown.

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The last play

is the reason the Mare bashing is so crazy to me. Wallace missed huge on that throw . A decent throw I think gets the td, Nate was that wide open. There seemed to be one or two other deep route on which he over threw the receiver that would have gotten us crucial td’s.

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by Willie Mays Haze on Sep 28, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions

Well, it's a matter of who to target, I guess.

You can bash Wallace all you want, but he’s the backup and expected to be that. Mare was given the starter’s spot to himself. I’m not justifying bashing Mare, just saying that expectations are probably a little different for the two players.

Yes, a decent throw is a TD for Burly, that’s what made it so painful, and yes, there were at least two other semi-deep throws (more like medium throws) that should have been made and could have been humongous.

by djafrot on Sep 28, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Yep.

If Seneca had made ONE of those three plays, I’m fairly certain we would have stole that game.

Hopefully they continue to practice those plays all week so his throws are a bit more accurate and catchable.

The demise of the Broncos in '09 is our future. Pray hard.

by Nick Andron on Sep 29, 2009 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions

I was sitting in the opposite end zone behind the offensive line

Man, that throw was terrible. There were a couple of others involving the tight end up the seam that Wallace couldn’t hit on Sunday.

One thing I wonder about is whether Knapp should move the pocket some and allow Wallace to sprint out. Although ostensibly this cuts off half the field (Wallace’s arm strength is borderline impressive—so it might offset), at this point we may need to concede that Wallace is loathe to step up into the pocket. After years of watching Doug Flutie and Chase Daniel it’s easy to see why. Guys that height get their view of the middle of the field cut off when they step up.

I like Knapp’s use of the shotgun but think moving the pocket is also something to consider.

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by dcrockett17 on Sep 29, 2009 4:17 AM PDT reply actions