Matt Hasselbeck - Former NFL QB on coaching his son, his broadcasting future and throwing passes to Jerry Rice
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Matt Hasselbeck played 17 seasons in the NFL with the Packers, Seahawks, Titans and Colts. The three-time Pro Bowler retired after the 2015 season and was inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor in October of 2021.
Hasselbeck also spent 7 years as an NFL analyst at ESPN from 2016-2023 and in the Fall of 2023, he coached his son Henry in football and won a state championship.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Hasselbeck about coaching his son Henry, winning the Massachusetts state title, watching his son choose UCLA to play college football, throwing passes to Jerry Rice, memories of the Beast Quake playoff game and praying in the NFL.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on the show, Matt Hasselbeck, three-time pro-bowler, NFC champion back in 2005, played in that Super Bowl, Super Bowl 40. |
| 0:09.5 | We have a ton of stories that are shared on today's podcast, just lots of great stuff for Matt Hasselback. |
| 0:17.8 | And really my favorite part was listening to him talk about his son Henry, |
| 0:22.4 | who won a state championship. Matt got to coach him this year. His father helped coach as well. |
| 0:27.8 | And kind of the Hasselback family going and winning a state championship in Massachusetts. |
| 0:33.1 | And Henry really blossoming as a player and becoming the Massachusetts Gatorade player of the year. |
| 0:38.9 | He's going to UCLA. |
| 0:40.4 | So lots of fun from a dad perspective, bragging about his son and then some great football stories. |
| 0:46.2 | Jerry Rice, Brett Farrb, awesome stories. |
| 0:49.4 | How about the Beast Quake game? |
| 0:51.2 | You're not going to believe where that football is, by the way, from the Beast Quake game or where it ended up or where we think it ended up in that Seattle Seahawks playoff win that Matt Hasselback quarterbacked many, many years ago. |
| 1:04.4 | This was a wonderful conversation. I really mean that. I promise you, listen through. There's lots of great stuff here, great storytelling. |
| 1:11.8 | If you're a football fan, especially with the Super Bowl around the corner, you're going to love |
| 1:15.8 | hearing Matt Hasselbeck share so many words of wisdom, so many wonderful stories from his playing |
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