Are you sitting down? I only ask because if you are one of the many fans who would like to see Matt retire in a Seahawks uniform, it’s not looking all that good today.
ESPN’s John Clayton weighed in on the quarterback’s future with Chris Egan Monday evening during Cold Hard Facts on the Kevin Calabro Show. “I’m not optimistic now. I’m starting to think that it may not happen,” Clayton said of the chances that Hasselbeck re-signs with the Seahawks when the NFL’s lockout ends. “It seems like they did put a good effort in, but they didn’t come to the right number. And now it’s put the Seahawks in a position where I think what’ll happen is, if free agency would start — and we all don’t know when — I think they’ll let him test the market. And that could be dangerous because he could go someplace else.”
While it’s still a matter of conjecture at this point, is it safe to say we may have already seen Hasselbeck’s last game as a Seahawk? The Professor surmised “at this stage I’d say the odds are now slipping away that Matt’s going to be here (in Seattle).”
On March 3rd, Michael Lombardi reported that Hasselbeck turned down the Seahawks last offer and will be testing the market when the FA period begins.
