LB A.J. Hawk - ScarletBuckeye

Arapahoe · 11-14-2007, 09:44 PM

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One of my favorites!

OSUBasketballJunkie · 09-02-2009, 11:09 AM

GreenBay

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Barnett's return likely means less playing time for Hawk

By Rob Demovsky • rdemovsk@greenbaypressgazette.com • August 31, 2009

It’s starting to look like A.J. Hawk is going to have to accept a reduced role in the Green Bay Packers’ defense.

As long as Nick Barnett’s reconstructed right knee can handle a full workload, the Packers are considering using Barnett and Brandon Chillar as the inside linebackers in the nickel defense. Such a move would cut Hawk’s snaps almost in half, considering the nickel is used every time opposing offenses line up with more than two receivers.

What’s more, it means that 3½ years after making him the fifth overall pick in the draft, the Packers might be conceding that Hawk is not an every-down player. Under that plan, Hawk would remain a starter alongside Barnett but would give way to Chillar on obvious passing downs.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 09-23-2009, 01:41 PM

Dispatch

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A.J. Hawk LB, Green Bay: Had three solo tackles and an assist in a 31-24 loss to Cincinnati.

OSUBasketballJunkie · 09-23-2009, 01:55 PM

espn.com

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ESPN Milwaukee Blogs
Tuesdays With Wilde: A.J. Hawk
Sep 22, 2009 -- 3:56pm

Every Tuesday, we’ll sit down with one of the Packers players, coaches or administrators and spend some time getting a small glimpse into their lives away from football. For our second edition, linebacker A.J. Hawk talks about his Dave Matthews obsession, what it’s like to bunk with wild-and-crazy Brady Poppinga and much, much more.

I am very boring. I really don’t have any pre-game superstitions or traditions. When I was young, I always thought about having some superstition, but then I didn’t want to be stuck to one thing. I didn’t want to get on the field and go, ‘Oh, I forgot to tie my left shoe first,’ and then be all thrown off. So I never got into anything.

I’m not really into hard-core rock. People always think that when they see me, with the long hair. They think I’m into the crazy, death-metal thing. But I’m not into that at all. I’m a big Dave Matthews fan. He’s all over my iPod. I listen to a lot of Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley. I’ve been to like 35 Dave Matthews shows. I started going to his concerts when I was in sixth grade. And I’ve been going anytime I can ever since. I met him – without me being a celebrity or anything. Me, my brother and my dad went to a show when I was a freshman in high school in North Carolina, and his bus happened to be parked at our hotel, and I sat out there all day and waited for him to walk out. I got a picture with him and everything. It was cool.

My all-time favorite movie is Top Gun, for sure. That was Tom Cruise’s prime, I think. Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, all those guys. It was great. If you don’t like Top Gun, you’re not an American.

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OSUBasketballJunkie · 10-23-2009, 11:56 AM

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Notebook: Hawk Stuck on Bench.....................

Arapahoe · 10-23-2009, 02:00 PM

I heard that the Packers will cut/release A.J. at the end of the season if he doesn't take a pay cut.

hollis · 10-23-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Arapahoe

I heard that the Packers will cut/release A.J. at the end of the season if he doesn't take a pay cut.

I read the same thing somewhere. I don't understand the NFL sometimes... Wouldn't you think he has some trade-value? Is it the big contract that makes him un-tradable?