Seahawks sign quarterback

Published 3:19 pm Monday, December 15, 2008

RENTON — After officially placing left tackle Walter Jones on injured reserve Monday, the Seattle Seahawks added a fourth quarterback to the active roster.

Jeff Rowe, a second-year player who was serving on the Cincinnati Bengals’ practice squad, was signed to Seattle’s roster in what coach Mike Holmgren called a move for the future.

Holmgren said that the team signed Rowe from the Bengals’ practice squad so that the Seahawks would have an extra quarterback heading into offseason minicamps. Holmgren added that the move had nothing to do with the health of quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who is expected to miss his eighth game due to a bad back.

Hasselbeck will be the No. 3 quarterback again this Sunday, when the Seahawks host the New York Jets.

Rowe, a 6-foot-5 quarterback from the University of Nevada, was a fifth-round pick of the Bengals in the 2007 draft. He was Cincinnati’s No. 3 quarterback last season and has been on the practice squad for most of this year.