All Entries in the "A.J. Hawk" Category
Williams, Hawk Contracts Troubling After Down Seasons
Packers general manager Ted Thompson can’t be pleased that two players he rewarded this past year took big steps backward in 2011.
McCarthy: Smith, Francois Have Earned Opportunity for Increased Role
But at the same time, Mike McCarthy also said A.J. Hawk is their starter, and they’ll move forward with him.
Hawk Has Good Reason To Be Upset
The Packers linebacker saw how Desmond Bishop took Nick Barnett’s job. The last thing he wants is for history to repeat itself.
McCarthy Says Hawk Is Mad Because He Was Supposed To Play Sunday
Head coach Mike McCarthy said Hawk was supposed to play in the second half of the Raiders game but decided against playing him with a 31-0 halftime lead.
Hawk Ahead of Bishop in Recovery from Injury
And in other injury news, offensive linemen Josh Sitton and Chad Clifton have both been ruled out for Sunday’s Raiders game.
Neither Hawk Nor Bishop Will Play Against Giants
A.J. Hawk and Desmond Bishop will miss Sunday’s game in New York, each nursing calf injuries.
Hawk & Bishop Don’t Practice Today, Won’t Tomorrow, Status in Limbo
The pair of inside linebacker both suffered calf injuries in the Detroit Lions game this past Thursday.
Dietrich-Smith In For Sitton
The second year player out of Idaho State is slated to start Sunday against the Giants.
Hawk Fined $10,000 for Obscene Gesture
Linebacker A.J. Hawk was fined by the NFL for gesturing with his middle finger, which was broadcasted by Fox this past weekend.
Packers Daily Links: Hawk Apologizes for Obscene Gesture
Linebacker A.J. Hawk apologized after television caught him giving teammates the middle finger. That and more in today’s Daily Links…
Clay Matthews, Kabeer Gbaja-Biamilia, and The Sexiest Stat
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Well, maybe there’s four: if you count the overhyped sack statistic and how people use it as a sole measuring stick for Clay Matthews III.
Hawk Signs Exclusive Endorsement Deal
Linebacker A.J. Hawk signed an endorsement deal with performance training apparel brand Clinch Gear.
NFL Opener Could Be A Referendum On Player-Led Workouts
The Saints have been far-and-away the most active team when it comes to player-led workouts. The Packers have been just the opposite. Will it show on September 8th?
Hawk Will Get Paid
A.J. Hawk will end up making a bit more in 2011 than he was slated to make before the Packers cut him.
Packers Reportedly Re-Sign Hawk
According to WTMJ’s Lance Allan, the Packers are set to re-sign A.J. Hawk today.
Packers Cut Hawk, Lee & Martin
A.J. Hawk, Donald Lee and Derrick Martin have been cut by the Green Bay Packers.
Hawk Still Not Sure If He’ll Be Back With Packers
In an interview with the NFL Nework linebacker A.J. Hawk said he’s not sure if he’ll be back with the Packers in 2011.
Untold Super Bowl Stories: A.J. Hawk
Linebacker A.J. Hawk discusses his new play-calling duties this past season.
A.J. Hawk For Marshawn Lynch: Connect The Dots
Rumors of a trade involving the former first round draft choices are intensifying.
Hawk Has Impressive Showing During Scrimmage
The former first-round draft choice was able to make several plays in the offensive backfield during Saturday’s Family Night practice.
Point/Counterpoint: Bishop Down
Desmond Bishop is too inconsistent to be trusted as a full time starter at inside linebacker.
GBPG/Dougherty = Fail On Hawk
Back in October, Pete Dougherty wrote the following: Regardless of his current role, linebacker A.J. Hawk says he would like to remain with the Packers beyond this season. That decision, though, almost surely will come down to whether he’s willing to take a major pay cut from the $4.1 million he’s scheduled to make in [...]
The Mess At Nickel Linebacker
So now, with Brandon Chillar out, we’ll all get our wish and get to see pre-season darling Desmond Bishop inserted permanently in the Nickel package, right? Maybe not. As much as the Packer Blogosphere wants Bishop to be the answer, he was most definitely part of the problem when he came into the game for Chillar on Sunday, [...]
Hawk Shows Up
As someone who’s been a consistent critic of AJ Hawk, I would be remiss if I didn’t at least acknowledge what a good game he had yesterday. Rewatching it last night, I couldn’t find a negative play from Hawk on any of his snaps. The problem seems to be consistency in his ‘getting up’ for [...]
Packers Blowing It With Bishop
So let me get this straight – A.J. Hawk has been praised by Winston Moss and others on the coaching staff as being ‘assignment sure’ and yet time and again we saw Hawk out of position or just flat-out getting beat against the Bengals. Meanwhile Desmond Bishop sits on the bench, completely unused because the [...]
Bedard: Bishop is better than Hawk
Great podcast episode of the Audible by our friends Sigmund Bloom and Cecil Lammey of Football Guys . We interviewed Sigmund after the draft to talk about his video analysis of Raji among other things. Here is their interview with Greg Bedard from today. Good stuff. Tons of subjects- Rodgers, Finley, Barnett, Hawk, QB backups, [...]
Just Imagine…
…if Thompson had taken Haloti Ngata instead of A.J. Hawk. I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’….
Here Comes Bishop
Back in mid-July I wrote that Desmond Bishop could surprise and it certainly seems like he’s starting to turn some heads a few days into camp. Also of note is PackerGeeks recalling Bishop’s thinly veiled accusation that the team was playing guys for considerations other than their production and ability. (Mr. Hawk, he’s looking at [...]
Watch Out For Bishop
I recognize that this is a way, way out there possibility (hey, it’s the slowest sports day of the year) but the more I watch the linebacking corps from last year, the more I think there’s a distinct possibility that Desmond Bishop could shock Packers observers and possibly take one of the starting inside jobs [...]
The Heavy Lifting
I’ve been rereading a lot of the coverage from around the time of the announced switch to the 3-4 and I’ve been reminded of a nagging question I had at the time that has still not been answered. Who, exactly, does McCarthy expect to do the heavy lifting on defense? Here’s how Bob McGinn reported [...]
