Matt Hasselbeck Hurt Seattle’s Sportbook Chances. Sportbook numbers could be impacted by the injury suffered by Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. He was hurt in Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Reports have him suffering a fractured rib and his status in offshore sportsbook odds for this week’s sports betting game is uncertain.
Sportbook results had the Seahawks losing on Sunday 23-10 to San Francisco. It may not have mattered whether Hasselbeck was hurt or not since the Seahawks were clearly outplayed by San Francisco but his absence was definitely a factor. The Seahawks will need Hasselbeck though if they expect to win in sportbook results this week against Chicago.
Sportbook facts indicate that Hasselbeck is the second starting quarterback this season to suffer a cracked rib as the same thing happened to Philadelphia’s Donovan McNabb. The Eagles were without McNabb this past week and they lost in sportbook results.
Hasselbeck was hurt late in the first half of that sportbook contest as San Francisco’s Patrick Willis hit him as he was going for the goal line. The Seahawks did not score in the second half as sportsbook stats show without Hasselbeck as the controls. The injury was a tough one for Seattle in sportbook results but not much could have been done since Hasselbeck is not going to slide while going for a TD. “He’s not going to slide when he’s on the 2-yard line when we’re in a barnburner of a game,” head coach Jim Mora said. “He’s not going to do that, and I don’t know how you tell him to do anything different than what he did. You just don’t like to see the result.”
Seattle only got inside the San Francisco 20 just once in the final two quarters as sportsbook stats indicate and did not score. Backup quarterback Seneca Wallace completed 15 of 23 passes as sportbook numbers indicate. “For whatever reason, we didn’t move the ball at all,” receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh said. “The exception [was] that one drive before halftime when Matt got injured.”
The Seahawks are considered an NFL betting contender in the NFC West as sportbook stats show. Seattle was a slight NFL betting underdog at the offshore sportsbook versus San Francisco. With a healthy Hasselbeck they would probably be favored at the offshore sportsbook against the Bears. Without him they are likely to be an underdog at the offshore sportsbook versus Chicago.