NFL Football Season 2008- 09
Favorite Players by Team
NFC - Seattle Seahawks
Matthew Hasselbeck
Probably merits a little more credit than he gets for his annual improvements and stable leadership.
The fact that they now stand apart whenever Hasselbeck comes to the sideline after an interception (instead of review pictures together and bicker) says everything about the quarterback’s status on the team and grasp on the offense.
Hasselbeck knows the West Coast system, he understands his playmaking capabilities and he makes everyone around him better.
How else do you think a player like Bobby Engram, fluid but not fast, experienced but not rock-steady, could catch 94 passes for 1,147 yards in his 12th season? Or how could an offense that, last year, had virtually no tight end (sorry Marcus Pollard), no running game (sorry Maurice Morris) and an inconsistent offensive line (sorry Rob Sims, Chris Gray and Sean Locklear) still rank ninth in total yards and points?
Hasselbeck may have his work cut out for him in ’08.