Hawk to be replaced?

[get louder at lambeau]

$4.123 MIL bonus if what I read was correct

From what I see, that's his total salary, not a bonus.

[packers11]

Doesn't it look like hawk hit the weight room to hard from year 1 to year 4 ? It looks like he put on to much muscle and doesn't move as fluid / fast . I remember he used to fly around and the coaches kept saying he was a workout warrior... I hope this off-season they trim him down, it would improve his game (IMO)

[Bossman641]

Doesn't it look like hawk hit the weight room to hard from year 1 to year 4 ? It looks like he put on to much muscle and doesn't move as fluid / fast . I remember he used to fly around and the coaches kept saying he was a workout warrior... I hope this off-season they trim him down, it would improve his game (IMO)

I said the same thing earlier this season. He looks way to bulky in the chest. I don't know what happened to him, but he isn't fluid at all anymore.

[ICU81MI]

I think Hawk is just an average nfl player these days. I think he'll have a hard time finding a starting spot on a good defense, but could walk onto a lower echelon defense as a middle linebacker I would think.

[Patler]

Checking numerous sources, it seems the Packers owe Hawk something around $15 million in new money (salary or bonuses) the last two years of his contract (2010 and 2011). Could be around $10 million of that in 2011.

Like KYPack, I am at a loss to explain how the ahtlete of 2006 got to be the plodding player of 2009. He was expected to and did take snaps away from Barnett in passing downs early in his career. Now he is so far out of consideration in passing situations that there was a game this year in which he had something like 8 snaps the entire game. I don't get it.

Nor can I understand how he gets any Pro Bowl consideration over Barnett at all.

[pbmax]

Re: Hawk to be replaced?

www.rotoworld.com

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel expects the Packers to replace AJ Hawk as the team's starting middle linebacker this offseason.

Hawk finished 2009 with 89 tackles, but made few big plays and was often beaten in coverage. Brandon Chillar and Desmond Bishop are in-house options to take over, especially if Hawk refuses a cut from his $4.1M salary.

Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been predicting this for two years. As they had for Bubba Franks and KGB for several years prior. I haven't seen the article yet but I am going to guess its Bedard once again demonstrating he has no idea how Thompson operates. Could also be Silverstein as he was carrying the KGB release story for KGBs last three years.

[retailguy]

Doesn't it look like hawk hit the weight room to hard from year 1 to year 4 ? It looks like he put on to much muscle and doesn't move as fluid / fast . I remember he used to fly around and the coaches kept saying he was a workout warrior... I hope this off-season they trim him down, it would improve his game (IMO)

I said the same thing earlier this season. He looks way to bulky in the chest. I don't know what happened to him, but he isn't fluid at all anymore.

Admittedly I didn't watch Hawk as a college player. When he got here, that's what everyone talked about. He might not be flashy but he'd be where he was supposed to be.

He looks slow. It is disappointing. This was supposed to be the "can't miss, safe pick"... Yeah. It didn't work out too well, so far.

To the linebacker experts - Could it be coaching? He seemed better earlier in his career as others have said...

[pbmax]

7/28/2006: Signed a six-year, $37.5 million contract. The deal contains $16 million guaranteed, including an $11.85 million option bonus in the second year. 2009: $3.025 million, 2010: $4,123,750, 2011: $10 million, 2012: Free Agent

Looks like he already go the big option bonus. 2010 isn't the year he will be under the budget gun, that will be 2011.