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How old is Matt Hasselbeck? Two Colts teammates were 4 his rookie year

Eric Edholm

With news that Andrew Luck will miss his first career NFL game, the Indianapolis Colts will turn to backup Matt Hasselbeck, who turned 40 last week.

For those of us in the same age range, some of these age comparisons might be a wee bit depressing. But all for the sake of quality bloggage.

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Hasselbeck is so old ...

• He was in the same draft class as Peyton Manning. That's not old? Oh. Well, other Class of '98 draft QBs: Moses Moreno, Jonathan Quinn and Charlie Batch. And, yeah, of course: Ryan Leaf.

• He was drafted three weeks after the Tampa Bay Devil Rays made their MLB debut. Google was founded five months later.

• He played his first NFL game a few weeks before "The West Wing" made its debut on NBC.

• Two of Hasselbeck's top receivers on Sunday, Donte Moncrief and Phillip Dorsett, were 4 years old in his rookie season.

• Instant replay and challenges were not a thing (again) in Hasselbeck's rookie year.

• The first game Hasselbeck attempted a pass was on Oct. 24, 1999 for the Green Bay Packers against the San Diego Chargers. Brett Favre (who had just turned 30) started for the Packers and was pulled in the 31-3 blowout win. The Chargers' two quarterbacks that day were Jim Harbaugh, who is the Michigan head coach, and Erik Kramer. Harbaugh and Kramer each threw three picks.

• On the day of Hasselbeck's 100th NFL game, in 2005, two of the top five songs nationally were recorded by Nickelback and Mariah Carey.

And we asked you to finish this sentence: "Matt Hasselbeck is so old, _______." Here are some of your responses:

Well done, everyone. Thanks for making me and Matt feel young.

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter!