Love to give him pluses for every game the rest of the year. He's Packer People no doubt.

and far too little knowledge of the overall game.

 

We don't have the luxury of Hooter waitresses feeding us all our football nawledge. You are truly special.

I believe he does what is asked of him. I'm sure someone will say, He only does whats asked of him but he should do more.

Now AJ makes the guys around him better?  Where was this the past 3 years?

The self declared Buttkiss Bear lover .  

 

 

 

awwwww lookie, it's my stalker. 

 

Hey Goob, isn't it painful trying to type after your knuckles drag on the ground all day? 

 

Oh and FTR (that means for the record) I'm surprised your vast knowledge of football gleaned from watching TV for 40 years didn't enlighten you to the fact Dick Butkus was a great LB. 

 

I said nothing about my play calling abilities, just sharing 40 some years of NFL observation in a forum that I thought was for discussion of such things.

 

Maybe I'm in the wrong place then, I dunno. 

 

My apologies to the forum.

 

Over and out.

 

I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, honest Goob I didn't mean to make you cry!! Although I was kinda disappointed you never started an I'm Leaving thread, I always love those. 

 

Best defense of Hawk I have seen.. Solid post, Hungry.

 

That said, I still think he has been overpaid throughout his career.   His impact, up until recently, has been marginal. 

"Dances with Bears"

 

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Fabulous

Men do not have "stalkers", only women do.

 

But thanks for confirming it with me.

 

I apologize, m'lady. 

there's dumb that goes on around here and then there's just stupid.

stalker isn't a gender specific term.  are you 10 y/o?

and, no, I don't want in on the poop fight.

Oh and I bet men can't be raped either!!!

 

Seriously Gomer, you should really think about sticking to football. I promise to put you on ignore and not make you cry anymore. 

 

Tether ball with bear.

 

I've been critical of Hawk, but he seems to be a different player this year.  He has played really well the last couple of games, and yesterday he finally made some impact plays.  If Hawk manages to play half as well the rest of the season, I don't think Packer fans would be criticizing him.

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Now AJ makes the guys around him better?  Where was this the past 3 years?

The past three years, Hawk was making the guys around him look better, not play better.

it was evident during the super bowl run.

I think Hawk took over the play calling duties for Nick Barnett after he was injured for the season.   The defense seemed to improve almost immediately.  Bishop also started in place of Burnett at the same time as Hawk took over the pc duties. 

 

Was it Bishop or was it Hawk or a combination of the two?  

I remember someone on the defense saying that "Barnett called the plays with emotion"  That doesn't sound like a compliment.

 

Jenkins was a beast and Green helped improve the line which probably contributed to the linebackers playing better that year - much like Jolly, Jones and Daniels have helped this year. 

This year the d-line has been improving so much that McCarthy trusted his defense and declined the 10 yard Ravens penalty on 3rd and goal as opposed to accepting a 5 yard penalty in SF earlier this season. 

 

All I know for certain is that I'm really liking the way Hawk is playing now and he deserves some props for playing some great football lately and always being there for us to kick around when he doesn't. 

My first sign of hope to Hawk this year was in the preseason.  There was a play where he stepped up after reading run, engaged teh Guard, GOT OFF THE BLOCK, and made the tackle at the line of scrimmage.  The biggest problem with Hawk the past few years has been that he was too content to be blocked.  He has made a huge improvement in getting off the block and finding the ballcarrier.  He was always good at tackling and he could move, but if the other team schemed to get a hat on him he was not likely to be in the play unless he made the tackle downfield.  This year he really looks like he has addressed that point.  If he could just cover TEs he might be that #5 overall guy we picked.  Regardless, at this point he is a player on the team and I just want him to be a starting MLB.  He has been that the last few years and he is playing at a high level this year. 

Has he missed a game yet due to injury?....

yep, BMDude.   i don't think it's a coincident that when the dline is playing great that the lb's are making more impact plays.    it all starts in the trenches. 

Isn't Hawk married to a hot wife?  That has to count for something.

 

I agree Hawk has been a steady, solid player for 7 years which makes his 5th pick overall a value...I'm glad we've had him.....but I have been critical when he has played poorly---we've all seen him slow to react, slow to get to ball carriers--making many of his tackles 7 to 10 yards past the line of scrimage, getting beat like a drum in coverage and being pushed out of the middle like a rag doll....

Great, hard nosed team player, willing to sacrifice salary ....but he has had his share of whoopings---Nick Barnett was a better ILB and Nick took a lot of criticism

 

The sHAWKer. 

Is Laura Quinn Hawk hot?

 

 

A.J. Hawk SUCKS!!!!

 

I should lock this thread because no one is going to be able to top that observation.

http://www.jsonline.com/sports...032z1-227929361.html

Hawk downplayed his performance. Not a major surprise. This summer, he insisted he's never too high, never too low, never Googling his name like teammates. 

Favre would spend hours on the web reading stuff about himself. I'm sure there are other players who are as narcissistic as well. Nice to read that AJ is not one of them.

 

Hawk's wife is hot.  But then you remember she looks a lot like her brother.

But then you remember she looks a lot like her brother.

 

So do the Village People.

 

Demovsky on Hawk

Packers LB A.J. Hawk at a crossroads again

http://espn.go.com/blog/green-...t-a-crossroads-again

boy, the comments after that article...  people commenting there seem to think AJ is world class. 

I really expected to see AJ on the injury report before the NE game based on how he played against Minnesota. He was 3 steps slower than big, slow Kyle Rudolph. He looked like he was running in sand.

 

This just confirms my belief that bears are really just giant house cats.  

 

 

Almost as Dum as some of the earlier posts in this thread. 

Must be his friends and family, because I can't think of a single Packer fan I've talked to over the past 4-5 seasons with something good to say about him. If Barrington can step up and the rest of the LBs stay healthy, we aren't going to be seeing him on the field very much over the next seven games (yes, the Packers will be playing in the Super Bowl). Even if he does have to play some over that span, this is going to be his last season with the Packers.

The 2015 draft is apparently deep at ILB. At least much deeper then last season when it was really slim pickings. Regardless of what Barrington does, chances are high TT will grab a ILB somewhere in the draft.

 

That alone likely puts AJ done in GB. Not to mention he'll be on the wrong side of 30.

 

I'm hoping that is plural ILB.  I don't see Bradford doing much and Lattimore and Jones are wasted roster spots.

I also see MLB getting upgraded in the next draft.  Until then...

 

Just play the most effective guy.  

boy, that bear looks so real in the video above...I wonder who made the bear costume?  They did a terrific job with so much detail.