Complex sentence: Hasselbeck returned as the starter for the subsequent 2010 Playoffs, and prior to the following preseason, Whitehurst was named the backup to Tavaris Jackson, the former Vikings quarterback that Seattle acquired in the 2011 offseason.
Split into simpler sentences: Hasselbeck returned as the starter for the subsequent 2010 Playoffs. Prior to the following preseason, Whitehurst was named the backup to Tarvaris Jackson, the former Vikings quarterback that Seattle acquired in the 2011 offseason.