Wallace the man at minicamp

For Seneca Wallace, the time has come again.

While it won’t have near the importance as did his four-game stint as starting quarterback last fall, Wallace will again be the Seattle Seahawks’ No. 1 signal caller when the team opens off-season minicamps today.

Starter Matt Hasselbeck underwent off-season surgery on his non-throwing shoulder, so chances are that his participation will be limited during this camp.

“As far as Matt is concerned, he will be even better in June,” offensive coordinator Gil Haskell said during last weekend’s NFL draft. “They say he is going to throw a little bit this weekend, but I don’t want him to. I want to let the other guys do it.”

Wallace and third-string quarterback will get the bulk of the snaps during what is officially two different minicamps: a three-day workout with the rookie class through Sunday, then four more days of veterans only.

Haskell said the week of work will be good for Seattle’s two backup quarterbacks.

“It does give Seneca and David a huge opportunity right now in this coming camp to run the team and show us what they can do,” Haskell said. “You say it’s only for five days, but that’s just like a game. In the second quarter, Matt goes down, and Seneca is in, and you go: What is going to happen?

“So this is the same thing right now. We can’t miss a beat.”

Unlike past off-seasons, Wallace is not fighting to maintain the No. 2 job, but Greene is fighting to hold a roster spot.

Hasselbeck, 31, had surgery in January to repair a torn labrum. While the initial diagnosis was that he would be out six months, his recovery went ahead of schedule and he could be cleared to do some light throwing during the next seven days of minicamps.