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
We thought that maybe we would struggle a little bit more than we did, ... But those guys played great.
We knew that he would fit nicely in our offense,
We just weren't that good. The product on the field wasn't very good, and that is a frustrating thing.
You have heard the same talks and speeches that he's given for the past five year, but now, since we're moving deeper into the playoffs, his wisdom and his experience are really coming out. It's really fresh for us because we've never been in that situation. There's a lot of wisdom and experience there.
too much of the weight of the world on his shoulders.
We didn't execute to the best of our abilities, and therefore, they're the Super Bowl champions and we're not.
We got introduced to a lot of people in the country today who didn't know what we were really about.
We understand that this is Jerome Bettis' hometown and that he's going to get a lot of the attention. He's a classy guy who's had a great career. You can see why it's kind of hard for us to compete against that for attention.
We fizzled when we got in the red zone. That hasn't been characteristic of our team. That's not us.
We weren't worried at all. All year we have had guys step up when players go down.
You have to know where he is on every play. Every play.
You feel like you're getting worse as a player. You can't throw a spiral, and you can't throw a 5-yard pass that you could throw as a 9-year-old, because you're thinking about too many things.
At the snap of the ball, they are moving. They are like missiles. They are hitting their gaps, they're hitting their holes, and they're getting to where they are supposed to be, their correct assignment. When you watch them on film, they look like a Super Bowl-caliber team.
Whatever we may have lost in talent, we gained in accountability and professionalism and leadership.