Matt Hasselbeck’s younger brother thinks he’s too old to help Colts

by | Nov 11, 2015

Thanksgiving should be fun wherever the Hasselbecks are celebrating it this year.

The 40-year-old Matt Hasselbeck again will be pressed into duty for the Colts to replace Andrew Luck, who will be out two-to-six weeks with a lacerated kidney.

Matt’s younger brother, ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, doubts that his brother will be able to get the Colts through Luck’s absence.

No worries about a conflict of interest here. Even though he’s talking about his brother, Tim Hasselbeck is performing his journalistic duty with an honest analysis.

Matt Hasselbeck has gone 2-0 as a starter this season when Luck sat out with a shoulder injury. He completed 63.2 percent of his passes with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Those wins, however, came against the Jaguars and Texans. Both of those teams are chasing the 4-5 Colts in the anemic AFC South.

Tim Hasselbeck expressed concern about his brother’s ability to physically handle the rigors of starting for half a season. But Matt Hasselbeck doesn’t exactly have to light the world on fire to keep the Colts ahead of the Texans, Jaguars and Colts in the AFC South.


Of course, Matt Hasselbeck is still playing in the NFL while his 37-year-old brother is wearing a suit in a studio. If the Hasselbeck brothers do share a turkey this Thanksgiving, the older brother could gently remind his younger brother of that fact.

Matt Hasselbeck has learned a few things in his 17-year career. For example, if a touch football game is part of the Hasselbecks’ Thanksgiving gathering, Matt Hasselbeck won’t say that he wants the ball and his team is going to score.