Matt Hasselbeck’s NFL career took him from Green Bay to Seattle, Tennessee, and Indianapolis, but the place he stayed longest was a house in the Boston suburbs. Now the former Seattle Seahawks quarterback has officially closed the door to the Weston, Massachusetts, estate where he and his wife, Sarah, raised their three children.

Over the course of the last several years, there have been some unflattering stories told of former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. While he is considered one of the greatest players of all time and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, there seem to be more and more stories coming out from […] The post “I wasn’t allowed to talk,” former Green Bay Packers backup quarterback opens up on life sitting behind Brett Favre appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.

When the Green Bay Packers drafted quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, his father had plenty of reasons to be excited. Hasselbeck was joining a team led by general manager Ron Wolf and head coach Mike Holmgren, with Brett Favre, a three-time MVP and two-time Super Bowl participant, already established as the starting quarterback.

For now, CTE can only be diagnosed via a posthumous examination of the brain.

Former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck watched his father play in the NFL for almost a decade, spent 18 seasons quarterbacking in the league himself, and now watches his own children play while coaching football at the same time. That’s exactly why the 50-year-old NFL legend wants to make the game safer for his children and future generations.

Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is putting his own brain under the microscope in an effort to help researchers solve one of football’s most toughest medical questions.Hasselbeck recently spent two days at Boston University undergoing brain scans, blood work and cognitive testing as part of an effort to find a reliable way to diagnose […] The post Seattle Seahawks Legend Undergoes Brain Testing in Major CTE Study appeared first on HEAVY.

Former QB Matt Hasselbeck is doing his part in trying to find a living diagnosis of CTE after spending almost two decades in the NFL.

Former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is among those participating in studies for doctors to learn to diagnose the brain disease in the living.

When the Green Bay Packers selected Matt Hasselbeck in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft, it wasn’t supposed to mean much. He was just another late-round quarterback buried behind names like Brett Favre in a rather crowded Green Bay room.