September 8
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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After spending too much of Sunday afternoon on his back, Matt Hasselbeck was left to answer questions about his back. Hasselbeck has a bulging disc, ESPN reported on its NFL pregame show, so inquiring minds wanted an explanation after the Seahawks' 34-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills in their season opener. "That is not really what was hurting," the Seahawks Pro Bowl quarterback said. "From what I was told, 85 percent of the world would look the same if they MRI'ed it. "It was probably five, six, seven years old. That is not really why my back was hurt." But it was the magnetic-resonance imaging test to determine what was wrong with Hasselbeck's back that led to the discovery of the bulging ..."
September 5
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Since stepping back in as the Seahawks' starting quarterback midway through the 2002 season, Matt Hasselbeck has done things by the numbers: Completing 61 percent of his passes. Passing for more than 3,400 yards in each of the three seasons in which he's started all 16 games, including a franchise-record 3,966 yards last year. Throwing almost two touchdowns (131) for every interception (75). Fashioning an 88.09 passer rating. And, most important, winning 63 percent of his starts (52-31). It hasn't, however, always been as easy as Hasselbeck is making it appear. Flip to "growing pains" in your NFL experience dictionary and the definition is what the 32-year-old Hasselbeck has endured. From ..."
September 2
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Matt Hasselbeck returned to practice Monday for the first time in two weeks, and the Seahawks' Pro Bowl quarterback pronounced himself ready to go in Sunday's regular-season opener against the Buffalo Bills. It's been a strange summer for Hasselbeck, who played just two series in the preseason opener before being sidelined because of tightness and spasms in his back. "Ideally, you'd like to play a little bit more," he said. "But I've gone into regular seasons where I wasn't 100 percent healthy. If I could take one over the other, I'd take healthy with not as many reps." The team was being ultraconservative with Hasselbeck, who first tweaked his back in practice the week leading up to the ..."
June 12
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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"I feel like it's been pretty good. We've been on the same page," he said. "Bill's very, very good at making sure we're prepared when we go to practice, so we don't have too many of those moments." "The good thing about Matt, he's a real professional," Lazor said. "So when you approach him with something that can be better -- even if he doesn't agree 100 percent -- he recognizes we're working to get better.""
January 13
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who played as a backup to Brett Favre in the 1999 and 2000 seasons, knows a thing or two about snowstorms and cold weather."
January 12
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Saturday, his teammates are hoping Hasselbeck can do even more:
Like leading the Seahawks to their first road playoff victory since after the 1983 season."