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Player Spotlight: Matt Hasselbeck (1 Viewer)

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2006 Player Spotlight Series

Over the course of the offseason, we will be evaluating a multitude of players at every fantasy position. One such way we go about that is through the Player Spotlight series. Think of the Spotlights as a permanent record on some of the more intriguing players for the upcoming season. Each Spotlight will be featured in an article on the main website.

Thread Topic: Matt Hasselbeck, QB, Seattle Seahawks

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310 3900 29 13INT

Rushing, an inconsequential 100 and 1.

If (a big if to me) Hutch's departure does anything, it will be the running game that suffers. This O will score a lot and with SA having the career year last year I see Hass putting one on this year. With any kind of WR consistency and Stevens performing at pre-SB levels, he'll have any number of great targets. A bonus if Hackett emerges as a burner this year.

The only drag on Hass could be a much improved D, but there'll be enough shootouts (AZ, Rams, AFCW) to keep him on his pace.

 
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Seems to be some pretty large projections for Hasselbeck... I think he can improve, but some of these numbers seem quite high, imho.

BTW- The player page link in the initial post isn't working for me. Anyone else?

 
4,000 30 TD 12 int - top 3 QB

He has all the weapons - the only wildcard is Alexander vulturing - couldn't be any more than last year so I see him doing even better. Add a healthy D Jax and it doesn't come any better than Hass.

 
I believe Hasselbeck will return to 2003 form with a nice 1-2-3 combo at WR and still one of the best running games in the league. Alexander should hog less TDs this year with no Hutchinson.

16 GP: 3,600 pass yds, 25 TDs, 12 INTs, 2 fumbles lost, 100 rush yds, 1 TD

 
Hass on everyone's top 5 QB list heading into the season. While the potential is there for him to meet those high expectations, I think smart money is avoiding the 3rd/4th round pick you'll have to spend to secure Matt in '06. The addition of Nate Burleson and a full season of Darrell Jackon bodes well for Hass, but Hasseback's average passing numbers suggests he'll finish near the end of the top 10 meaning you'll be overpaying if you draft him, while missing the opportunity to grab QB value in rounds 8-12.

In four seasons as the full time guy in Seattle, Hass has never thrown for more than 3844 yards or fewer than 3075, with TD high/low of 28 and 16 (counting rushing TDs). Smart money has Hass going for numbers toward the higher end of his career averages, but I don't think the Burleson addition is reason enough to predict career highs.

Put me down for: 3650 passing yds., 24 total TDs, and a finish at the #8 slot amongst fantasy QBs.

 
Hasseback's average passing numbers suggests he'll finish near the end of the top 10
How are you getting this? He's been a top 5 fantasy QB any year he played 16 games. He really only played 15 games last year and still finished 5th.He was on pace for 3800 & 25 in 2004 when he missed two games.

In four seasons as the full time guy in Seattle, Hass has never thrown for more than 3844 yards
Is that a negative?
Put me down for: 3650 passing yds., 24 total TDs, and a finish at the #8 slot amongst fantasy QBs.
So you have him down for better stats than last year and a worse finish? Who is knocking him down?
 
The loss of Hutch hurts, but Seattle is a veteran o-line. Starting to border on TOO veteran, but they should be okay in 2006. Seattle's defense is improving, and that may hurt the passing game some.

I'm going with a conservative...

3700 passing yards, 25:14 TD:INT

100 rushing yards

 
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Hasseback's average passing numbers suggests he'll finish near the end of the top 10
How are you getting this? He's been a top 5 fantasy QB any year he played 16 games. He really only played 15 games last year and still finished 5th.He was on pace for 3800 & 25 in 2004 when he missed two games.
Simply put, I think Hass will finish lower dispite throwing for 200 more yards and 1 more TD b/c I think several QBs who finished behind him in '05 will have bigger years. As you correctly point out, Hass only played 14 games the two recent seasons he finished outside of the top 10 (19th in '02 and 13th in '04) - but it's difficult to imagine two more games would have put him in the top 5 in either of those seasons.

That's why I think Hass' is likely to finish in the back end of the top 10 - but 9th isn't very far from 5th.

 
The loss of Hutch hurts, but Seattle is a veteran o-line. Starting to border on TOO veteran, but they should be okay in 2006. Seattle's defense is improving, and that may hurt the passing game some.

I'm going with a conservative...

3700 passing yards, 25:14 TD:INT

100 rushing yards
those are almost exactly my numbers. :confused: where do you have Hass finishing amongst his peers?

 
Simply put, I think Hass will finish lower dispite throwing for 200 more yards and 1 more TD b/c I think several QBs who finished behind him in '05 will have bigger years.

As you correctly point out, Hass only played 14 games the two recent seasons he finished outside of the top 10 (19th in '02 and 13th in '04) - but it's difficult to imagine two more games would have put him in the top 5 in either of those seasons.
'02 Hass actually only saw 11 games of action, not 14. If you wanted to extrapolate based on those 11 games, he was on pace for 4400 yards.'04 was an anomalous year that saw FIVE different QBs throwing for over 4,000 yards, three of them were over 4500 yards. Three other guys threw for 3800. Nine different QBs threw at least 27 TDs. Any other year, and Hass was on a top 5 pace.

That's why I think Hass' is likely to finish in the back end of the top 10 - but 9th isn't very far from 5th.
True, there's not a huge deal of seperation FP wise between 5th and 9th. I like Hass, but his ADP will keep him off my teams most likely.
 
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The loss of Hutch hurts, but Seattle is a veteran o-line. Starting to border on TOO veteran, but they should be okay in 2006. Seattle's defense is improving, and that may hurt the passing game some.

I'm going with a conservative...

3700 passing yards, 25:14 TD:INT

100 rushing yards
those are almost exactly my numbers. :confused: where do you have Hass finishing amongst his peers?
ManningBledsoe

Brady

Hasselbeck

 
True, there's not a huge deal of seperation FP wise between 5th and 9th. I like Hass, but his ADP will keep him off my teams most likely.
I made this exact point in my post - Hass will go too high for my blood this summer and I doubt I'll own him in any league.
 

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