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
My teammates and I have just seen a glimpse of what it would be like to win a world championship. And as hard as it is right now -- 'cause it's hard right now -- we know what needs to happen to get it done, and I can promise you that we are all going to do everything we can do to get it done next year. Thank you for your support this year!
Yeah, he was a little quiet, didn't necessarily hang with everybody, but he was a professional, worked really hard, great teammate and a veteran guy who'd been around awhile,
I think (Alexander) has really earned a lot of respect from his teammates this year, how he has handled things in a very unselfish manner. He came to camp on time (without a long-term contract) when a lot of people didn't expect him to, and I think that said a lot about the kind of commitment he was going to have to our team this year.
It's been a humbling experience. I've got the greatest teammates in the world. I feel very blessed to be the quarterback of this team - and we're not done yet.
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.
We thought that maybe we would struggle a little bit more than we did, ... But those guys played great.
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.