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
No, I don't really care. Either way, it's going to be a tough game. Whoever it is, I'm just glad we get to play it at our place. It will be fun to watch and let everybody beat each other up.
People expect the Steelers to win the game. Oh well, it is what it is. It doesn't surprise me that they're the favorite. There are a lot of things that people don't know about us, starting with our names.
I know in college there were certain places we weren't allowed to live or go after dark. It was kind of silly. That is not going to solve problems.
I can think of a lot of great quarterbacks that never won the Super Bowl. It's not something that I'm hung up on.
They don't do it just to do it. It means something here for our team. My mother got to raise the flag. It's a big deal.
The bottom line is we stalled out in the red zone. We moved the ball fine. We had rhythm. We just didn't score touchdowns. The penalties hurt us. We haven't been penalized much this year, especially in the red zone. It was bizarre. It wasn't us.
I think most of us are just really worried for him. It's one of those things where you don't expect it to happen to you or to anybody you know.
I knew we haven't played really well on offense in the second half so far this season, so it's been mentioned,
I don't know if we have talked to those guys as much as we see how they conduct themselves. Joe has just been going about his business like he has all year. ... You just continue to be professional.
They played really well on defense and executed well. We didn't execute to the best of our ability. That's why they're Super Bowl champs.
The thing that I've learned through the course of this week is that it means a lot to a lot of people.
It's definitely hard when you're putting in the work and the guy who's starting isn't, especially if he's overhyped or you're not winning. I can't imagine how hard it would be to be that guy's backup.
They have to do what they have to do. We are going to go out and try to play as hard as we can.
I think it's something I can deal with because it's my non-throwing shoulder. It feels really stiff right now because I just iced it.