Ex-NFL star shares Super Bowl advice he would give to Sam Darnold, Drake Maye

Three-time Pro Bowler Matt Hasselbeck accumulated a batch of acquisition successful his 18-year NFL career, including 1 Super Bowl appearance.

Hasselbeck led the Seattle Seahawks to Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but mislaid the crippled 21-10. During a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital, Hasselbeck was asked what proposal helium would springiness to Sam Darnold and Drake Maye, who are some making their archetypal Super Bowl starts.

The 50-year-old’s proposal was simple: conscionable person fun.

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Matt Hasselbeck (8) scrambles with the shot against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the archetypal 4th astatine Heinz Field successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dec. 6, 2015. (Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports)

"Well, person fun. I deliberation that's a large thing. You know, my dada (Don Hasselbeck) really won Super Bowl XVIII with the Raiders against Washington, and I conscionable retrieve that squad had truthful overmuch fun. Like they were the metallic and black, the Raiders, each that, but they had fun," Hasselbeck told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation with the Family Heart Foundation.

"And adjacent similar erstwhile I got drafted to the Green Bay Packers, they had conscionable travel disconnected 2 consecutive Super Bowls. And Brett Favre and those guys, similar they had fun. I would accidental successful Seattle, similar without truly knowing that we were having fun, similar we were cutting it, due to the fact that it didn't consciousness similar a job."

Hasselbeck completed 26 of his 49 passes for 279 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception successful the loss. He urged Darnold and Maye to chopped it escaped but, nary substance what, conscionable to instrumentality it 1 play astatine a time.

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Drake Maye (10) of the New England Patriots stands for the nationalist anthem anterior to the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High successful Denver, Colorado, connected Jan. 25, 2026. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)

"For Sam and the Seahawks oregon Drake Maye and the Patriots, I would accidental 1 play astatine a time, guys. Cut it loose. Sixty minutes — each you got. At the extremity of the day, you look up astatine the scoreboard, immoderate it says is what it says. Control what you tin control. Cut it escaped and person fun. But there's nary specified play. There's nary specified happening arsenic a 14-point touchdown. (It) does nary bully to look ahead. One play astatine a time. Cut it loose. Good oregon bad. One play astatine a time."

The quarterbacks are some listed with ailments connected the wounded study and volition beryllium battling done wounded successful the Super Bowl.

Both quarterbacks are facing stout defenses. The Seahawks allowed the fewest points per crippled successful the regular play (17.1).

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Sam Darnold of the Seattle Seahawks walks onto the tract aft the Seahawks defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 31-27, successful the NFC Championship NFL shot crippled successful Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Seahawks precocious to the Super Bowl. Jan. 25, 2026, successful Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

The Patriots person unopen down the Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans and the Denver Broncos successful the playoffs, allowing conscionable 8.6 points per crippled en way to the Super Bowl.  

Hasselbeck played for 4 antithetic teams successful his 18-year career: 10 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, 3 with the Indianapolis Colts, 2 with the Green Bay Packers, and 2 with the Tennessee Titans. In 209 games, helium completed 60.5% of his passes for 36,638 yards with 212 touchdowns and 153 interceptions.

The Seahawks play the Patriots successful the Super Bowl connected Sunday astatine 6:30 p.m. ET.

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