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
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 weren't a very good team and I wasn't a very good quarterback. I thought I knew all the plays inside and out. But Trent knew the plays better than anybody, and in meetings I'd watch him sit and take notes like he'd never seen them before. It rubbed off.
We can't make the mistakes that we made and expect to win.
We climbed to just about the top of the mountain. We were like 10 feet away and had to turn around and go back. It was a great journey and a lot of good came from it, but at the same time, we didn't finish what we set out to do.
We have been in the newspaper for playing football and not other stuff. That wasn't always the case last year.
We were still trying to be aggressive, ... to do what we do.
You know how many kids are walking around there that are like 11 years old named Brett? A lot. About the same as there are 50 year olds named Vince.
When I said that, whenever it was, two years ago, that's how it was, having fun with some good friends. It's just a sign of the friendship. There's a core group of guys when I played here. There was something special about that team.
We could have lost this game. They've got some great leadership on this team. To come in here like that and play like this, the defense was just awesome.
We just didn't play well enough. It's disappointing. It's hard. But what can you do? They played really hard on defense and we didn't execute to the best of our ability. We were close a couple times, but close doesn't cut it.
We just didn't execute to the best of our ability today. We were close a couple of times, but close doesn't get it done.
We just didn't execute to the best of our abilities. That's why (Pittsburgh) is the Super Bowl champion, and we're not.