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Turn out the slights: if he leads the Seahawks to a championship, Matt Hasselbeck can leave the scars behind--and perhaps put his behind on Leno's couch.(NFL: DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF PREVIEW)

The Sporting News

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Matt Hasselbeck is one of Jay Leno's most ardent fans. That's what hurt so much. Here is Terry Bradshaw quizzing Leno, admittedly a sports innocent, about the Super Bowl. So what teams will be in the game? "Indy and Seattle," responds Leno proudly. OK, who are their quarterbacks? "Peyton Manning," Leno says. And Seattle? "Can't tell you."

Hasselbeck should be accustomed to it by now, these slights. His NFL career is built on a foundation of ego crushers, from having to settle for a berth in the lower-tier Blue-Gray game; to receiving an invitation, but never a plane ticket, to the NFL Scouting Combine; to being rejected by two super agents; to working out for ...

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