Former NFL star talks about the severity of Sam Darnold, Drake Maye's injuries ahead of the Super Bowl

Three-time Pro Bowl backmost Matt Hasselbeck played successful the NFL for 18 seasons and was nary alien to playing done injuries.

Both of the quarterbacks successful the Super Bowl are listed connected the wounded report. Seattle Seahawks backmost Sam Darnold is listed with an oblique injury, thing helium has played done for the past 2 weeks, portion New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye is listed with a close enarthrosis injury.

Hasselbeck said helium had Darnold’s wounded and said it is not painful.

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(Left) New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye (10) and wide receiver Kayshon Boutte (9) tally disconnected the tract aft a Patriots touchdown against the Miami Dolphins during the 2nd fractional astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Right) Seattle Seahawks backmost Sam Darnold (14) looks connected earlier the 2026 NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle, Washington, connected Jan. 25, 2026. (David Butler II/Imagn Images;Kevin Ng/Imagn Images)

"It's not a achy injury. You know, I've had the injury. It's not a achy injury. It's conscionable a small spot much similar the musculus that needs to occurrence quickly, doesn't enactment necessarily. But from my experience, it gets amended arsenic the crippled goes on. Sam's played with it for a mates weeks now, and he's looked beauteous good, you know, a small measured but beauteous good," Hasselbeck told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation with the Family Heart Foundation.

Darnold has played good successful some of his playoff appearances. In the Seahawks' 41-6 blowout triumph implicit the San Francisco 49ers successful the NFC Divisional Round, helium completed 12 of 17 passes for 124 yards and 1 touchdown.

Against the Los Angeles Rams successful the NFC Championship Game, Darnold had 1 of the champion games of his vocation successful what was the biggest crippled of his career. The erstwhile USC prima completed 25 of 36 passes for 346 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Seahawks' thrilling 31-27 win.

Hasselbeck said Maye’s enarthrosis wounded mightiness beryllium tougher to woody with than Darnold’s oblique.

"I deliberation the Patriots listed Drake Maye with a enarthrosis wounded from this past game. That's a small spot tougher, too, due to the fact that it's not truthful again, it's not truthful overmuch the symptom of it. It's conscionable it's feeling similar you person your fastball, truthful to speak. But that's the NFL. Like, this isn't shot wherever you're connected a pitcher's mound. Part of your occupation is to beryllium a thrower with radical trying to tackle you and propulsion you to the crushed and deed you," Hasselbeck said.

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ESPN Monday Night Football announcer and erstwhile backmost Matt Hasselbeck during the Arizona Cardinals’ crippled against the New York Jets astatine University of Phoenix Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, connected Oct. 17, 2016. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports)

Maye sustained the enarthrosis wounded during the Patriots’ 10-7 triumph implicit the Denver Broncos successful the AFC Championship Game. The 23-year-old appeared to person been injured successful the 3rd 4th erstwhile helium got deed connected a scramble and instantly grabbed his close shoulder.

Maye, who was fantastic successful the regular season, has not seen the aforesaid occurrence successful the playoffs, contempt making the Super Bowl.

In the regular season, the 23-year-old completed 72% of his passes for 4,394 yards with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, on with 421 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. In the playoffs, Maye has not been arsenic effectual done the air, completing 55.8% of his passes for 533 yards with 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions portion getting sacked 15 times.

However, Maye has been dynamic with his legs, rushing for 141 yards and 1 touchdown, the lone 1 the Patriots scored successful the AFC Championship, successful 3 games.

The Patriots volition request Maye to beryllium astatine his champion successful the Super Bowl, arsenic the Seahawks' defence was the champion successful the NFL this season, allowing conscionable 17.1 points per game. 

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Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (8) of the Seattle Seahawks throws a walk successful the 2nd 4th against the Chicago Bears successful the 2011 NFC divisional playoff crippled astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Jan. 16, 2011. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Hasselbeck said that some quarterbacks, with the operation of an other week of remainder and modern medicine, should beryllium bully to spell for the large game.

Hasselbeck played for 4 antithetic teams successful his 18-year career: 10 seasons with the 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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