Frye’s first day in Seattle was a bit confusing

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — Charlie Frye fidgeted. He spun the ball between his hands. He pantomimed a throwing motion, complete with a hip turn and follow through.

All this, while quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace ran plays he’d never seen, in a place in which he knows almost no one.

When he finally got the chance to join his new Seattle Seahawks teammates in a huddle, Frye didn’t even get to run their plays. He peered up to read diagrammed schemes of the Arizona Cardinals, the Seahawks’ opponent this week. A coach was holding those up from the pages of a three-ring binder for 11 practice squad prospects and reserves.

From NFL starter to scout team in 48 hours.

“It is a little shocking,” Frye said, still appearing stunned after his first practice since the Cleveland Browns traded their starting quarterback to the Seahawks for a sixth-round draft pick.

Seattle’s Gil Haskell is Frye’s fifth offensive coordinator since 2004, his senior season at Akron.

“I’m going to have a pretty balanced football IQ.

There isn’t an offense that I won’t have at least a little bit of experience in,” the 24-year-old Frye joked.

“I’m just trying to find the positives. That’s just the way I am. Coming out here, being with coach [Mike] Holmgren and his track record with quarterbacks, and being with Matt and Seneca, I think it’s going to be a positive situation for me.”

Eventually, perhaps. But not immediately.

It’s going to take weeks just for Frye to learn Seattle’s plays. When he does, Hasselbeck will still be starting.

And Wallace, who went 2-2 when Hasselbeck was injured last season, will be the backup.