Matt Hasselbeck
Matt Hasselbeck
Matthew Michael Hasselbeck is a former American football quarterback and current analyst for ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. After a season on the practice squad and two seasons backing up Brett Favre, he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in 2001. Hasselbeck led Seattle to six playoff appearances and a Super Bowl. He was selected to three Pro Bowls and was an All-Pro in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth25 September 1975
CityBoulder, CO
CountryUnited States of America
You have to find him on every play. On every play.
He is definitely a threat that people are aware of at all times.
He doesn't get the respect that he probably deserves. He's a great player for us and always has been since I've been here.
Having Darrell back is big. He adds that little something to our offense. To have him as another weapon on our offense is big.
Having Darrell back is big. He adds a little something to our offense. He's very quick. He's very explosive. He's been the most productive receiver ever since I've been here, and even before that. To have him as another weapon on our offense is big.
He looked great. He looked like the old 82.
Henning wanted me to change my passing techniques, and I just couldn't do it. I think that was the reason he played another guy and not me.
What else is he going to do? You can only play so much golf, or do so much hunting.
When he went down, their guys were excited and our crowd answered back in a great way with kind of an MVP chant. It was good for our offense and we felt we actually had the momentum after that.
Some of us Seahawks feel that we let the NFC down this past week. So we've got to step it up a little bit. We owe these guys.
Some of those people are former players here. Some are coaches that have been around or people in the building. Or maybe it's just some of the people from Seattle who have followed the team since 1976. It would mean a great deal to them.
Some people are into ball control. We're into yards and points. Tempo is our thing.
My only eligible receivers were on that side of the field and I didn't have enough on the ball.
Looking back, I'm not sure anybody would've predicted such a good rebound after that game.