Shaun Alexander
Shaun Alexander
Shaun Edward Alexanderis a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Alexander set numerous NFL and Seattle Seahawks' franchise records, and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 August 1977
CityFlorence, KY
CountryUnited States of America
The way I always looked at MVPs was it was a player that did really, really good on a really, really good team. That is why I am even more excited about this year because I have put together some great numbers but we have a great team.
Our defense did good enough for us to win, and we didn't help them out at all. Jacksonville did what they wanted to do against us, which is throw us around. They totally controlled the whole game.
Everybody will be surprised when they see Matt and how good he is.
I was going all out and whatever happens happens. It's football. No one is ever 100 percent. I was good enough to play.
I think he is showing the world how good he is. It's kind of like watching your little brother grow into a superstar. It's an awesome feeling.
We realized what it takes to beat good teams. We got to see it in one crazy environment. D.C. has some loud, great fans. That was an eye-opener for us.
Tons. I took a lot of it. Medicine's good for people, but I'm one of the people it's not really good for.
It's really funny because it was already in my mind to come in anyway. I prayed about it. It was just time. I knew this team could be special. I just felt like it was my time to come in. Tim made that offer as a gesture of goodwill when he didn't know me. It's all going to work out. I believe in that.
It's always good to win a game that you're down, win games that you should win. Our last drive was 93 yards. That's what championship teams do. We know that, and we're doing that.
It was exciting because we were down coming out of halftime and then we had a good drive to go score a touchdown. That's about it.
We did let a good opportunity to be world champions slip away.
I think that, come January, we will be one of the offenses that everybody is going to fear. Everybody forgets that Jacksonville and Atlanta have a very good defense. I think we've done well against them.
I think a lot of people don't know how good we are.
I think that we have a lot of guys that really need to rest up. They are playing hurt and playing beat up, which is football. But I think the timing is going to be good for us.