Comments on: A.J. Hawk Has An Explanation For His Shitty Year

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:31:42 +0000

Peter: Bust may not be the right words but Major disappointment would be for #5 pick. You expect that pick to be a Ray Lewis type.

Maybe not Ray Lewis type, but at the very least, a guy who will be a really good middle linebacker over a 10-12 year career who should be a top 10 guy at his position in the NFL... Not a guy who has been average his whole career.

By: Savage57

Savage57 — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:29:14 +0000

Just like you can’t coach tall in basketball,

You can’t coach fast in football.

The guy just has lead feet.

By: I Got Woodson

I Got Woodson — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:27:51 +0000

Every top five pick can’t be an all-time great — it doesn’t work that way. I expected more from Hawk, but he’s stayed healthy and been above average and you need plenty of guys like that. Not everyone on the roster can be a superstar.

Yes, we overpaid for him but don’t try and call Ted Thompson an idiot. Like everyone he’s imperfect, but he put together a championship team and has the roster loaded for the near future. Give credit where it’s due.

And I love me some D.J. Smith, but we don’t really know what he can do. What we’ll probably do (because it’s a good idea) is keep Hawk for at least a year or two while we develop guys behind him. He’ll be ok in the meantime and him plus Smith plus whoever we get will give us decent depth.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:52:42 +0000

Bust may not be the right words but Major disappointment would be for #5 pick. You expect that pick to be a Ray Lewis type.

By: PackerBob

PackerBob — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:35:15 +0000

The fact that we’re comparing Hawk to Harrell is laughable. One these players has actually finished an entire season.

By: PackerBob

PackerBob — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:32:57 +0000

He hasn’t lived up to his 5th overall pick status. But he’s certainly not a bust. Justin Harrell was a bust.

By: nurseratchett

nurseratchett — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:48:42 +0000

What changed so significantly last season that drove our defensive demise #32? Everyone was a bust last season; everyone’s performance was down. Coaching? Scheme? Lack of leadership? It didn’t rest solely on Hawk’s shoulders.

By: Nick Perry

Nick Perry — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:37:19 +0000

A quality starter???? I’m sorry but have you lost your mind! He can’t cover! You just read the article, he HAD TO LEARN TO TACKLE!!! In this defense he would have a lot of tackles! In a 3-4 that’s what happens!! What everybody else see’s that you clearly don’t is if he was worth a damn perhaps most of his tackles wouldn’t be after a 7 yard gain. How many times do you need to see him be out of position of 4 or 5 steps behind! Most are a step behind, Hawk is 4 or 5 EVERYTIME.

By: Nick Perry

Nick Perry — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:30:32 +0000

A.J. Hawk just sucks! He always has and always will. He’s so damn slow it’s painful to watch him play ball. It’s bad enough Thompson drafted him in 1st place but to his defense, Hawk had a great combine and any team would have choose him there. What I will never understand is why Thompson gave him that contract last year! Did he not see that for 5 straight years Hawk sucked! Can’t cover, can’t tackle, can’t play!!! Then to to it off let Jenkins walk. Thompson took a bottle of stupid pills last season. It’s not Hawks fault that Thompson threw a boatload of money at him. The ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS IS TO CUT HAWK NOW!!!!!!! Let him go play somewhere else to learn how to tackle again. Stick D.J. Smith in there (the next London Fletcher), trade some of your mid-round picks to the Raiders for Wembley to play the other side of Clay Matthews and get D-Line help in 1st two rounds with a Safety / corner in 3, O-Line help in 4th and then whatever. By getting Wembley and Thompson hitting on a D-Lineman for once were in the SB again!

By: iltarion

iltarion — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:43:47 +0000

AJ Hawk is a quality starter. He would have had another 100 tackle season if the coaching staff hadn’t forced him to sit 2 games.

He was a starting ILB for the #2 ranked defense in 2009 and the #5 ranked defense in 2010, a defense that under his captaincy won a Super Bowl.

Look at every #5 overall pick taken since AJ Hawk. He has had a better career than any of them.

In no way, shape or form is he a bust.