Media impressions of Roethlisberger and Hasselbeck

	Both quarterbacks in the Super Bowl, Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck (pictured) and Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, drew extra attention from the media on Tuesday. AP
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DETROIT -- You can never tell when a guy's going to get intimidated on this stage. We've got two quarterbacks in this Super Bowl who have never been in a game of this magnitude. Many of you are wondering -- we in the media too -- if Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Hasselbeck are up to it.

Roethlisberger has been so precocious in leading the Steelers to three playoff road wins that I think he'll handle things. Talking to my peers here, I get the sense they, too, think he'll be fine. He said so many nice things about the Steelers and his tiny role in this team's success at the Media Day festivities today. He sounded scripted, maybe a little Bradyesque.

I don't get quite the same read from my peers about Hasselbeck, which is odd. He was on the depth chart behind Brett Favre when Roethlisberger was in high school. Hasselbeck's been through more. More time on the bench, more struggles to win the No. 1 job in Seattle, more hurdles to overcome. I heard a couple of media guys wondering on Monday why Hasselbeck seemed shaken by the fender-bender his van had on the way to the media hotel. Whatever the factors, I get the sense Hasselbeck is the one with something to prove in this game, more so than Roethlisberger, the kid who's already accomplished more in a team sense at 23 than almost any other quarterback in history.

Now I'm going to tell you why you shouldn't be worried about Hasselbeck's mindset.

Just before he went out to start the Seahawks' first game of 2002, at Oakland, Mike Holmgren came into the locker room. He asked for Hasselbeck and his backup, Trent Dilfer, to come with him. "The owner wants to wish you guys luck on the season,'' Holmgren said. Outside the locker room, Paul Allen, a quiet, reserved and formal sort, wished them luck.

Dilfer, being the respectful and loyal employee, thanked him. Hasselbeck, being the smart-aleck, slightly irreverent and altogether not-intimidated employee, said he had heard that Allen and Raider boss Al Davis were going to meet at midfield, duke it out. The team of the winning pugilist would win the ballgame.

Allen seemed confused, flustered. He didn't get the joke, really, and the end of the meeting was a bit -- well, a bit uncomfortable.

Hasselbeck sensed he probably should have just said, "Thank you, sir,''  just like Dilfer had. "Dude,'' Hasselbeck told Dilfer, "I am so fired when we get back to Seattle!''

"No, that was great!'' Dilfer told him.

It was so Hasselbeck. I just think he'll laugh in the face of pressure Sunday.