Emptying the Notebook: Matt Hasselbeck
Back on the horse, we'll round out the offensive skill position players today, and then run through the defense Friday-Saturday. The point of these is to get an idea of how these players have played throughout the season, and how they are playing now - with an emphasis on the later. Some will be briefer than others, depending on how much information I have, how much their play has been covered in recent weeks and how important they are to this team entering the post season. Catfish?
Matt Hasselbeck
Somewhere around midseason I mentioned that Hasselbeck was having his best season as a pro. Don't know exactly how much consensus there was on that, but people certainly weren't going out of their way to say it. Well, now it's basically a point of fact. Beck's in the Pro Bowl, may eclipse 4,000 yards, and in light of the complete lack of rushing attack and the sporadic health of his two best receivers (Yes, Hackett and Branch are both better than Engram, though Engram has had an excellent season. I will elaborate on this in Engram's retro.) it's, really - if anything is - incontrovertible that Hasselbeck has never played better.
Instead of listing his feats and failures, I think it would be more instructive to take a scouting tack. That is, if I were to make a profile of Matt Hasselbeck, 32, professional quarterback, how would I describe him.
Strengths: Accurate; 3 player base read, can survey the whole field if given time; Exceptional midrange pass; Excellent short range pass; good pocket awareness; some scramble; excellent decision making; excellent timing; excellent audible ability; durable.
Weaknesses: Poor deep pass; lapses in pocket awareness; average overall arm strength; No ability to break tackles; mediocre roll out ability/ability to throw on the run; Sometimes too conservative.
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I'm so glad we haven't seen the patented
by Phildopip on Dec 27, 2007 11:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
RE- I'm so glad we haven't seen the patented
by paul2 on Dec 27, 2007 12:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Deep pass
Put Hackett in the lineup for 16 games - or, better yet 20........- alongside Branch, Burleson and Engram and watch the deep pass come into play.
by FarNorth on Dec 28, 2007 1:22 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Have you seen his deep ball?
by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 28, 2007 7:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, and his limited arm strength forces...
by John Morgan on Dec 28, 2007 7:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
n/s
that is all.
by stlcardinalsfang on Dec 28, 2007 11:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

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