Matt Hasselbeck, 43, says NFL playoff contender called him about playing this season

Matt Hasselbeck is 43 years old. The long-time Seattle Seahawks quarterback and 17-year NFL veteran has not set foot on an NFL field since 2015.

He told The Ringer he got a call from “a contending team” this season about returning to the game in a story published Thursday about the trend of successful aging quarterbacks in the NFL.

Those quarterbacks, of course, are 41-year-old Tom Brady and 40-year-old Drew Brees — who will play in Sunday’s conference championship games — along with other veterans like Philip Rivers and Ben Roethlisberer who are still playing at a high level well into their 30s.

There are some significant differences between Hasselbeck and those other names, most notably that they’re all likely Hall-of-Fame bound. Hasselbeck was a nice player with three Pro Bowls and a long career, but nobody’s mistaking his face for one that belongs in Canton.

Also, he’s older than all of those other quarterbacks and he hasn’t played in three years.

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