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The Matt Hasselbeck you don't know

There are so many potential starting points for a story about Matt Hasselbeck.

You might begin with the once widely held (and incorrect) notion that his younger brother, Tim, would displace him as the starting quarterback at Boston College when Tim matriculated there in the late 1990s. Matt, after all, was no All-American.

The story could start with Matt's first days in pro football, when he was thoroughly convinced the Green Bay Packers acquired him to essentially give their real quarterbacks a break during training camp.

Maybe it kicks off with that time he told a referee during a coin flip, "We want the ball – and we're gonna score.