Brady Quinn appears to be the winner of the Seahawks’ tryout, according to reports

Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported Tuesday that the Seahawks are “heading toward” signing Quinn to backup Russell Wilson according to a source after the team worked out four quarterbacks including Matt Leinart, Tyler Thigpen and Seneca Wallace on Monday.

The Seahawks were in the market for a backup quarterback after trading Matt Flynn — the team’s big 2012 free-agent signing who lost his starting job to the rookie Wilson — to the Raiders on April 1.

Quinn, a first-round draft pick taken out of Notre Dame by the Browns in the 2007 NFL Draft, started 12 games in three seasons in Cleveland and has played as a reserve with the Broncos (2010-11) and last season with the Chiefs. Quinn quarterbacked the Chiefs in their emotional win over the Panthers.

Hearing the same… RT @MikeGarafolo: Sounds like Seattle will be signing Brady Quinn. Thought Matt Leinart would've won that job.—
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 09, 2013

Seahawks are signing Brady Quinn to back-up Russell Wilson after working out QBs yesterday—
Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) April 09, 2013

Apparently Seneca Wallace really impressed in Seattle, too, even if it appears they liked Brady Quinn a bit more. Maybe he lands in Oakland—
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 09, 2013

Brady Quinn has won the permanent starting quarterback slot for the Kansas City Chiefs. (J. Meric, Getty Images)

The Brady Quinn experiment will continue in Kansas City. Chiefs Head Coach Romeo Crennel announced today that Quinn will retain the starting quarterback job for this Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders after making his first start with the team in a 38-10 blowout by the Tampa Bay Buccanneers last Sunday.

The Chiefs had a bye this weekend, and the break was expected to give regular starter Matt Cassel time to recover from a concussion suffered in week 5′s loss to the Baltimore Ravens. However, Crennel has indicated that Quinn is the permanent starter, regardless of Cassel’s injury status.

“I want (Quinn) to be the starting quarterback without looking over his shoulder,” Crennel said.

Quinn went 22-38 against the Bucs last weekend, throwing for 180 yards and two interceptions.

Brady Quinn’s former college coach Charlie Weis said Quinn should have started in the NFL under his watch. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Charlie Weis and Brady Quinn will always be connected no matter where they end up. First, the two had a very successful run at Notre Dame and now both of them are trying to get their careers back on track.

Weis is the new head coach at the University of Kansas and Quinn is a backup with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Let Weis tell it, Quinn could have started for him if he were an NFL coach.

“Brady could have been a starting quarterback for me in the NFL,” Weis told the Kansas City Star.

Quinn started just 12 games in three years in Cleveland after being drafted in the first round in 2007 and spent two years as a backup with the Denver Broncos.

“Go back and look at those numbers for the two years he played for me,” Weis said. “He was great. He wasn’t good. And I know if I had him as a quarterback, I would have felt very comfortable that I could have won no matter where we were.”

Brady Quinn has made a change of scenery — the former Notre Dame star has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs, the team just announced.

Chiefs have agreed to terms with QB Brady Quinn - more details soon on kcchiefs.com #chiefs

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Kansas City Chiefs (@kcchiefs) March 17, 2012

Quinn was employed last year by the Denver Broncos, backing up Tim Tebow. He didn’t throw a single pass in the regular season; he last played in 2009, with the Cleveland Browns.

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the No. 22 overall pick in 2007, Quinn has made only 12 career starts. For his career, he’s completed 52.1 percent of his passes for 1,902 yards, 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions.

The New York Jets aren’t getting Peyton Manning, but reportedly, they’ve got their eye on another big-name quarterback who’s a former high first-round draft pick. That would be… well, Brady Quinn. Sorry to disappoint.

CBS New York says the Denver Broncos’ backup plans to meet with the New York Jets today. The Jets have also been talking to Detroit Lions backup Drew Stanton about a possible job backing up Mark Sanchez. Originally, they were in on former Dolphin Chad Henne, but the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Henne to a two-year contract yesterday.

Quinn hasn’t thrown a pass in the NFL since 2009, with the Cleveland Browns. He spent the 2011 season backing up Tim Tebow; he did nothing off the field, but he got in trouble off it for talking smack about Tebow in an interview with GQ. Quinn’s career numbers include 52.1 percent completions, 1,902 yards, 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions.

Broncos head coach, John Fox said that Brady Quinn’s recent comments about starting quarterback Tim Tebow will not have an impact on his standing with the team.

“No,” Fox  told the Los Angeles Times at the NFL scouting combine. “I already know the relationship. I know [Brady] was a great teammate to Tim. We still like Brady.”

Fox said that he thinks Quinn’s comments were not perceived as he had intended.

“Knowing their relationship, knowing both Brady and Tim very well myself, sometimes things get lost in translation. I know their relationship is very close,” Fox said. “They have a lot of respect for each other. They’re very good teammates with each other. That’s kind of what I know. It’s hard for me to stay up with all the comments.”

Quinn was second string last season for the Denver Broncos, and contributed very little as a result. However since his NFL debut in 2007 he has thrown 10 touchdowns for 1,902 yards.

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has had his share of critics throughout the last four months or so, but a new one emerged today: Brady Quinn, the man who served as his backup toward the end of last season.

“Early in the season, there was a game when Kyle [Orton] got hurt and the coaches were calling for me to go in, but Kyle got up and finished the game out,” Quinn said in the latest issue of GQ. “So I was the second-string guy. Then, a few weeks later, they decided to put Tim in. I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that. Just ’cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I didn’t have any billboards. That would have been nice.”

Tebow stepped in as the Broncos’ starter in Week 7, right after the bye; he proceeded to win seven of his first eight starts before fading at the end of the regular season. Tebowmania was then revived with a dramatic overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the playoffs — the young quarterback through an 80-yard game-winning touchdown to knock out the defending AFC champs.

Quinn wasn’t impressed.

“The entire game, the defensive line is chasing the quarterback around, and that wears down the pass rush,” he said. “Meanwhile, the defensive backs are chasing receivers, but you only throw eight passes, so they start to feel lazy. It only takes that one play, that one big pass, for a touchdown.”

The Broncos have denied all week that Tim Tebow’s job is in jeopardy as the team’s Sunday afternoon playoff showdown with the Steelers approaches. But now there’s evidence that Brady Quinn is their man, as a source tells Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk that the Broncos have been installing specific packages for Quinn.

PFT has already reported that Quinn has received roughly half the reps with the first-team offense in practice this week, and now we have specifics. Florio’s source says that John Fox’s Broncos have installed specific packages for Quinn on second-and-long and third-and-long situations.

Tebow was a sensation for the Broncos earlier this season, winning seven of his first eight games as a starter. He’s struggled mightily in his last three, however, all Denver losses. Tebow has gone 30-for-73 for 439 yards, throwing four interceptions and only one touchdown.

Quinn hasn’t taken a snap in the NFL since 2009, with the Cleveland Browns. The former Notre Dame superstar and first-round draft pick becomes a free agent this spring, so Sunday’s game could have a huge impact on his future in the league.