Chris Matthews

Today, I will introduce one of my favorite players, Chris Matthews. He was born in 1989, so he is 26 years old, and he graduated from the University of Kentucky. This university is famous for its American football team. His position is wide receiver (WR). This position is the leader of a pass play with the QB, so the main role of the WR is to catch a pass, which the QB throws in a pass play. The WR needs speed, a sure skill of catching a pass, to be tall and have long arms. Matthews is 196 centimeters, so he is taller than other players.

Matthews belonged to the Seattle Seahawks since 2014. He is called a "Cinderella Boy" by fans of American football, because he played an active part in the Super Bowl XLIX (49th). In that year, he wasn't active. He took part in regular season games only 3 times, so he didn't catching any passes or score touchdowns. But when he took part in Super Bowl XLIX (49th), he succeeded in important pass catches. In the second quarter, Russell Willson, who is the great QB threw a pass to Matthews, and then Matthews caught a pass of 44-yards. And in the remaining 6 seconds of the same quarter, he caught a pass and scored a touchdown!! His passing yardage was over 100 yards only in this game. It's a wonderful record!! He couldn't even catch a pass in the regular season, but he accomplished that great undertaking on the big stage of the Super Bowl. When I watched his great performances on TV, I was very excited!! In this game, the Seattle Seahawks lost, though Matthews played an active part, but I think that if the Seattle Seahawks had won, Matthews would have been chosen MVP.

If you want to watch exciting football, you should watch the Super Bowl and I want you to watch Mattthwes's big play in the bottom of two video clips. The Super Bowl is the 50th anniversary this time, so participants in the Super Bowl must have big performances. I am excited from now, because I can watch big and great performances by players like Chris Mattthews.

Steven Hauschuka

I will introduce Steven Hauschuka, who has been a member of the Seattle Seahawks since 2011. I like him, because he is so cool!! Of course, I like his performances and skills too. He has also been a member of the Baltimore Ravens (2008-2009), the Atlanta Falcons (2009), the Detroit Lions (2010) and the Denver Broncos (2010), so he has a lot of experience with many NFL teams. He was born in 1985, so he is 30 years old. His age is older than his teammates in the Seahawks, because the average age of the Seahawks is about 26 years old. Players of the Seahawks are younger than other NFL teams, like the New England Patriots, so people sometimes call the Seahawks a "Frash Team". Steven Hauschka is a placekicker, or a kicker (PK or K). This position  kicks field goals and also punts. The salary of  players, who are kickers is lower than players, who are in other positions, and practice less than other positions. So kickers are sometimes allowed to go back to their home when players in other positons are the still practicing. But the PK is a specialist of kicks, so their kicking skills are great!! Formerly, the PK was a player of small-size, but big-size players appeared in recent years because of muscle training.

In week 4 of the 2013 season, Steven Hauschka was chosen as the NFC Special Team Player of the week. It's like an All Star in Japanese professional baseball.

On October 23, the Seattle Seahawks played a game with the San Francisco 49ers, and with the Dallas Cowboys in November 2. The Seahawks won both games. I'm so happy, because the Seahawks lost 4 games in a row, and they only won 3 games. So I think that players of the Seahawks showed themselves at their best at last, and the games with the 49ers and the Cowboys gave the Seahawks a chance to show what they can do. In both games, Steven Hauschka kicked a　total of 4 field goals. So if you watch an American football game, you should watch not only the main positions, which are like QB, RB and WR and so on, but also the PK. This is my recommedation.