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Seattle reaches deal with Brady Quinn as backup QB

Brady Quinn is the new backup quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks after beating out three others during a tryout with the club.Quinn and the Seahawks agreed to terms on a contract on Tuesday. Details of the contract were not announced.The deal came together a day after the Seahawks worked out Quinn, Matt Leinart, Seneca Wallace and Tyler Thigpen, a foursome of journeymen QBs looking for a backup job. Quinn emerged the winner and the presumed backup to Russell Wilson.Quinn spent last season with the Kansas City Chiefs. He started eight games and threw eight interceptions and just two touchdowns. He was also sacked 21 times in 197 pass attempts and went just 1-7 as a starter. That was Quinn's first regular-season game action since 2009, when he started nine games for the Cleveland Browns, the team that originally drafted him in the first-round in 2007. Quinn spent the 2010-11 seasons on the Denver roster but never saw any game time.Seattle needed a backup after making the decision to pa...

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