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
I think every team I have been on you have a group of guys that are really helping pull the team in the right direction. Then you have a couple guys that are pulling it in a wrong direction. Everybody else is sort of on the fence,
Shoot, I kind of think we are still in shock, really.
It had to be 90 percent Steelers fans out there.
They make you prepare. Just some of the things they do and all of the ways they come after you.
Decision-making is probably more important than how you throw the ball. That's part of my job. I don't take it lightly.
It's a pep rally, right? Those people were there from, like, 4:30 in the morning, so I feel like I owed them something.
It really starts from the top, that is just the message we've been given. The veteran guys on our team would just sort of repeat the message from above, and we'd just try to live it out. Everyone is saying the goals of this team are more important. If you've really got chemistry and camaraderie, those things happen.
It was tough. There was a lot of stuff I'd never been through. I'd never really been the guy. I'd never had to play through injury. I really had never played in the NFL.
He has been around. He understands how defenses work, how coverages work. He finds the openings.
They totally fooled me. They got me. They had never shown it before, so I wasn't ready.
He's a Pro Bowler now. He's so big-time that he's hogging interviews.
No disrespect at all, ... but we expected to win this game. I've been on teams and gone in places where I'm not sure everyone felt that way. We're more confident than we've ever been.
Our fans have been great. That crowd noise, people underestimate it, but it's important and our fans take a lot of pride in that, too. They're a part of this, they're a real part of this thing.
Our focus was on this year and this team. The team in this locker room is better than the one that played last year.