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sebastian0622 · 02-06-2006, 02:03 AM

Neither QB was stellar. Hasselbeck was somewhere between average and good--closer to average. He only averaged 5.5 YPA, and that jives with what I remember from the game--him throwing a lot of easy stuff and not going downfield. He had a lot of time on quite a few plays. I don't know that Turner and Townsend were shutting down the receivers every play. I think Hasselbeck was playing too conservatively.

The drops hurt him, but the last drive padded his stats quite a bit too.

He certainly wasn't sharp. I think of a crossing pattern on a blitz check-off that he gunned at his receiver's back shoulder. A casual fan might call that a drop, but it's a terrible pass. You throw a ball 70 mph to a guy who is 5 yards away and hit him in the back shoulder while he's sprinting and expect him to catch it? I also remember the crossfield throw towards the end. Those were just too example plays--Hasselbeck made a lot of nice throws, and average isn't bad, and the Pitt blitz gave him a few troubles (but all in all the protection was good enough), but he certainly didn't light things up.

Pitt has a good D, but they're not the '85 Bears. They're just not on the field too much.

02-06-2006, 02:03 AM	#10
sebastian0622 Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,465	Neither QB was stellar. Hasselbeck was somewhere between average and good--closer to average. He only averaged 5.5 YPA, and that jives with what I remember from the game--him throwing a lot of easy stuff and not going downfield. He had a lot of time on quite a few plays. I don't know that Turner and Townsend were shutting down the receivers every play. I think Hasselbeck was playing too conservatively. The drops hurt him, but the last drive padded his stats quite a bit too. He certainly wasn't sharp. I think of a crossing pattern on a blitz check-off that he gunned at his receiver's back shoulder. A casual fan might call that a drop, but it's a terrible pass. You throw a ball 70 mph to a guy who is 5 yards away and hit him in the back shoulder while he's sprinting and expect him to catch it? I also remember the crossfield throw towards the end. Those were just too example plays--Hasselbeck made a lot of nice throws, and average isn't bad, and the Pitt blitz gave him a few troubles (but all in all the protection was good enough), but he certainly didn't light things up. Pitt has a good D, but they're not the '85 Bears. They're just not on the field too much. Last edited by sebastian0622; 02-06-2006 at 02:28 AM.