Matt has come a long way. He came in here as the starter and got knocked to the background. That was very unexpected in his life.
"Playing career"
* Dallas Cowboys
* Seattle Seahawks (–)
* Green Bay Packers
* Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian Football League/CFL) (1986)
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers
"Coaching career"
* Boise State Broncos football/Boise State (1988–1991) (Offensive assistant/QB)
* Utah State Aggies football/Utah State (1992–1994) (OC)
* Minnesota Golden Gophers football/Minnesota (1995–1996) (QB)
* Seattle Seahawks (Offensive Assistant)
* Detroit Lions (–) (QB)
* Seattle Seahawks (–) (QB)
* Washington Redskins (–)
* Baltimore Ravens (QB)
* Kansas City Chiefs (–) (QB)
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* Associated Press/AP Second-Team All-Pro (1978)
* Seattle Seahawks#Seahawks Ring of Honor/Seahawks Ring of Honor
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More Jim Zorn on Wikipedia.(Knox) was frustrated with me anyway, throughout the early game, and that kind of iced it for him. I looked to the sidelines, and I saw him, first of all, throw his play sheet. Then he took off his hat - it was a double - and threw his hat down. I just remember walking off to the furthest side of the field, to not go by him.
There were some years, in the dark ages here, when there was nothing going on. Now, to have this turnaround, and be solid with it. I mean there's not a guy in here that doesn't think we've earned it and that's a tremendous feeling.
I just talked to him while he was on the recruiting trail for Texas Tech, and obviously there were no signs of anything that would go wrong. We just lost a really good friend. He's got a great family in Rhonda, Sterling and Aaron. Rhonda is a very strong woman, and I can imagine she is handling this very well. Whatever well would mean in this case, but I know she is a strong woman.
He came under the authority of others, and that's very difficult for a star player to have that kind of humility. Matt did that. I think as a Christian, he knows how to come under the submission of the Lord, and that's something that translates to life.
When it started here, we wanted to create a tradition. We had a bunch of enthusiastic athletes, but we never quite built a sustained thing. We had some success in the 1980s, but it went sour again. For the last few years we've had a team that was expected to win.
He would always try to fight the other coach. He would always claim that he could beat up the other coach if they got in a fight.
He could have lashed out or just gone in the tank or been so frustrated and demanded a trade. That's not how Matt reacted.
Year in and year out he just continues to get better. This wasn't a dramatic improvement year, though it was his best from a media standpoint. They finally noticed how well he played. But he inches toward greatness all the time and he's played very well this year.
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