While folks in Seattle still might be unhappy with the Super Bowl XL officials, former Seattle Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck isn’t. Hasselbeck was Seattle’s starting quarterback when they lost 21-10 to Pittsburgh, and while he had some legitimate gripes about how the NFL assigns officials, he said it’s not their fault the Seahawks lost to the Steelers.
“A lot of things have come out of that for me, number one, I won’t ever blame officiating,” Hasselbeck said on the Go Long podcast with Tyler Dunne. He did question the NFL putting officials from different crews together for a Super Bowl, making them work together for the first time all season in the sport’s biggest game, which is a completely fair criticism.