Brady Quinn, a big-time star at Notre Dame and first-round draft choice who has become an NFL vagabond, signed with his fourth NFL team, the Seattle Seahawks, Tuesday to compete for the back-up quarterback job behind Russell Wilson. Despite being a six-year veteran, Quinn, 28, has played in only six more NFL games than the Seahawks rookie sensation.

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After signing former third-string quarterback Josh Portis, 25, last week, the Seahawks have scheduled a busy week of auditions for four veteran journeyman quarterbacks to be Russell Wilson's new backup after trading Matt Flynn, according to USA Today.

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The Raiders and Seahawks completed a trade Monday morning that sends backup quarterback Matt Flynn to Oakland for a pair of draft picks, neither this season, according to Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com. The Seahawks disclosed they have acquired the Raiders' fifth-round pick in 2014 and a conditional draft choice in 2015.

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Matt Flynn is set to be traded to the Oakland Raiders, finally ending an off-season of speculation about the fate of the Seahawks backup quarterback. Multiple sources have reported that the Seahawks will receive two draft choices.  But the clubs did not announce the deal as of Friday night.

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The Seahawks have agreed to terms with a free agent defensive tackle, Tony McDaniel, from the Miami Dolphins. The news was first reported by Curtis Crabtree at ProFootballTalk.com. Reports say it is a one-year deal the club has yet to announce.

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Michael Bennett, who broke into the NFL with the Seahawks in 2009, is coming back on a one-year, $5 million deal as the replacement for Jason Jones, a backup defensive tackle lost in free agency to Detroit, the club said Saturday.

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As Pete Carroll was talking on a teleconference with reporters Thursday about the signing of free agent pass-rush stud Cliff Avril, the coach’s cell phone ringtone could be heard: “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” by The Who.

Carroll didn’t answer. The guess was the caller ID said it was Aaron Curry.

Or maybe Bruce Irvin.

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The Seahawks plunged into the agent market Wednesday by signing defensive end Cliff Avril, who had 9.5 sacks for Detroit last year,  to a two-year contract worth $15 million that will be signed after he completes a physical exam. Multiple media sources reported the signing and ESPN.com reported the salary figure but the club made no official announcement.

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Newest Seahawk Percy Harvin suddenly is Seattle's Most Interesting Man. To hear Pete Carroll and John Schneider tell it, Harvin put the first set of jeans on Smokey Bear, outwitted Steven Colbert and advised Pope Benedict it was time, and don't worry about the never-in-600-years thing.

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Although the Seahawks have yet to make it official, they acquired WR Percy Harvin from the Minnesota Vikings Monday morning in exchange for Seattle's first overall pick in the 2013 draft, as well as its seventh-round choice and a third-rounder in 2014. Division rival San Francisco wasted no time countering that move, acquiring stud receiver Anquan Boldin Monday afternoon from the Baltimore Ravens for a sixth-round pick.

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According to several reports, including one by USA Today, the Seahawks have acquired wide receiver Percy Harvin from the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for multiple draft choices, including first- and seventh-round picks in the draft next month. The trade is contingent upon Harvin passing a physical exam. The Seahawks have the 25th overall pick in the draft.

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The Seahawks Wednesday made a rash of coaching changes, most notably naming Travis Jones, formerly of the New Orleans Saints, as a defensive line coach. The Seahawks also hired Nick Sorensen as an assistant special teams coach, Dave Canales as an assistant quarterbacks/offensive quality control coach, Nate Carroll as an offensive assistant and Marquand Manuel as a defensive assistant.

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For Seattle fans who have come to know and rue Jim Harbaugh, it was probably no surprise that the coach of the San Francisco 49ers did his best work in shadow.

Down 28-6 and in the handbasket marked "Hell: no stops," Harbaugh brimstoned his team through a 34-minute stadium power outage  -- best tweet of the evening: "Now it's the rich people trapped in the Superdome" -- into what seemed destined to be the greatest comeback win in Super Bowl history. By a factor of more than two.

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Former Seahawks wide receiver Nate Burleson (2006-2009) said NFL rules changes designed to protect players are "getting close" to diminishing the game in which he and his football-playing family grew up and thrived.

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson finished third in the NFL offensive rookie of the year voting and linebacker Bobby Wagner was second among defensive rookies. In voting among media members from NFL cities announced Saturday night at an "NFL Honors" gala in New Orleans, Wilson's 10 votes trailed winner Robert Griffin III of Washington (28 votes) and Indianapolis QB Andrew Luck (11). Wagner was behind Carolina LB Luke Kuechly, 28-11.

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Baltimore’s Ray Lewis has been a superb NFL player for 17 seasons. I wish he would take a lesson from the Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch and just shut the hell up.

Since he won’t  . . . go, 49ers.

As with most national holidays, the Super Bowl mandates some sort of worship – God, Santa, flag, ground hog, flightless bird. So I will kneel Sunday before the Evil Harbaugh Brother and beseech whoever’s in charge of football outcomes that Lewis’s grill gets so filled with, say, 49ers running back Frank Gore, that he is unable to speak in post-game interviews to blame God for the loss (which he would feel obligated to do, since it is God who, according to Lewis, is ushering the Ravens to the sporting pinnacle Sunday).

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Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill continues to run afoul of the law. Issaquah police arrested the eight-year vet after they say he assaulted his girlfriend and kept her in his home against her will. Police charged Hill with unlawful imprisonment and third-degree domestic assault, both of which are felonies in Washington state.

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Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Marshawn Lynch ran one yard for a TD, and Leon Washington had a 93-yard kickoff return to set up a TD in the NFC's 62-35 victory over the AFC in the Pro Bowl Sunday in Honolulu.

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Art Thiel is LIVE from the red carpet at the 78th Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards at Benaroya Hall.

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster, replacing an injured Matt Ryan, the NFL announced Monday. Wilson becomes the sixth Seahawks player on the NFC team, joining offensive linemen Max Unger and Russell Okung, running back Marshawn Lynch, safety Earl Thomas and kick return specialist Leon Washington.

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