KIRKLAND — The Seahawks' first-round pick last year, defensive tackle Marcus Tubbs, got on the field for 11 games and started three last season.

Tubbs' development was hindered by a sprained ankle that cost him the last five games of the season, including the playoffs. He also reported to training camp late, in part because of his mother's illness but also because of a contract dispute.

In essence, Tubbs never completed his rookie year, so he'll be going through some of the same growing pains this offseason as the team's 2005 first-rounder, center Chris Spencer.

"I've told every first-round pick since I've been here — and some of them listen and some of them don't, and some of them can't help it — that if they come in late and hold out and miss training camp, you are almost doomed to failure," coach Mike Holmgren said. "You could probably take the extra money they made by holding out and buy a beer ... with it."

The message to Spencer and the rest of the draft picks? Be in Cheney when rookies are supposed to report to training camp, or be prepared to fall out of favor quickly with the coach.

Not done at QB?

The Seahawks drafted Georgia's David Greene in the third round, giving them four quarterbacks: Greene, starter Matt Hasselbeck, Seneca Wallace and Gibran Hamdan, who is in NFL Europe.

Quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn attended Greene's Pro Day workout and was satisfied with Greene's arm strength, which had been the biggest question about Greene going into the draft.

Greene will get a shot at being Hasselbeck's backup, seeing as Ruskell has had recent success making backups out of rookies Chris Simms in Tampa Bay and Matt Schaub in Atlanta.

That doesn't mean the Seahawks won't scour the waiver wire for a veteran.

"We'll never stop and say, 'Hey, we're done,' " Ruskell said, "because we have to see how David fits in and how he looks. You guys know Mike (Holmgren) and his offense, and we're going to keep looking at those guys."

Tallahassee West

Fourth-round pick Ray Willis gives the Seahawks four former Florida State Seminoles, including tackle Walter Jones, safety Michael Boulware and defensive end Kevin Emanuel.

"We're a little different coming out of Florida State," Willis said. "Having guys like Boulware and Walter Jones there as teammates might give me a little bit of a leg up."

Willis called Jones the best tackle in the league and said Jones is still a legend in western Florida. Willis will probably be used at right tackle because Jones is entrenched on the left side.

Notes

• The Seahawks signed nine free agents after the draft to fill out their roster, including Tim Galloway, a former UW linebacker and long snapper, and Duke TE Calen Powell, who attended Lake Washington High School. Two are return specialists: Virginia S Marquis Weeks and RB Jesse Lumsden from McMaster University in Canada. The others: SS Jamaal Brimmer (UNLV), OG Steven Gibbs (Arkansas State), P Chris Kluwe (UCLA), FB Leonard Weaver (Carson-Newman) and QB Brian Wrobel (Winona State).

• Spencer will be introduced at a media conference this morning after flying to Seattle from Mississippi.