Tuesday, April 28, 2015

B.J. Daniels - Continuing the love of a scrambly, backup QB for the Seahawks

So it has been a while since Seneca Wallace has been in an NFL game.  Since 2013 in fact.  In 2013 he briefly became the first African-American starting QB in Green Bay Packers history before succumbing to a groin injury that put him on IR.  Since then he has bounced around, and I've tracked his movements in hopes that some other team would take a flier on him.

Two teams that have taken a flier on Wallace in the past, the 49ers and the Seahawks, have since found a younger, spryer version of Seneca of their own to try out in the backup role.  As such, I've seen this guy, B.J. Daniels, get to play a few different times during the preseason.  I have to say, I've always been impressed, even moreso than with Thaddeus Lewis or Jarrett Brown.  So I decided he's worthy of collecting...and grabbed a bunch of autos off COMC recently to begin that collection.

We start first with a Contenders auto, which is nowadays the auto of choice when it comes to football rookies:
It's a sticker, and mixed teams (pictured 49ers, says Seahawks, which is a common theme with Daniels), but I can dig it.  There's a parallel "short print" version as well where he's running the ball - when I get that someday I will scan the back since I forgot to with this one.

I also grabbed a Select auto, which is mighty shiny:
It's /100, which is pretty cool, and mentions how he was signed by the Seahawks before this card was made.
I think it's perfect that Daniels is now a backup to Russell Wilson in Seattle - as this card says.  He has a lot of potential and ought to do something amazing if given an opportunity.

I end with a few Spectra auto variations - one /299 and one /99:
Great color and again a nice reference to Wilson, who supposedly ought to teach Daniels a whole lot about life in the NFL.  Hopefully that happens and Daniels ends up on a different QB needy team - I think he's shown many shades of success in his limited NFL experience and would not be surprised if his skill set led to several big wins for a different NFL team down the line.  Guess we'll see!

2 comments:

  1. As a Seahawks fan... I struggle with seeing Daniels pictured as a 49er on his rookie card. This is one scenario where I'd rather see him in his South Florida uniform.

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    1. P.S. Cool new PC. Glad to see you're supporting another Seahawks QB.

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