Talk about damning with faint praise. I certainly HOPE it was an off-year, for AJ's sake, and would hope the coaches would think so too. If it were a normal year, based on Moss' quotes, I wouldn't expect AJ back...

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/hawk-didnt-have-off-year-packers-insist-jk5rtr3-159968545.html 

So, as usual, he was just "solid."

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The article seemed to speak fairly well of Hawk, I thought. It was just said they hope he makes more impact plays but that he was otherwise good. Not that I would expect the coach to say much differently. But still, it didn't sound that bad to me.

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/06/12/secret-superstar-d-j-smith-lb-green-bay-packers/ 

2011 Pro Football Focus Coverage grades: Hawk 1.7, Bishop -2.1 and Smith -0.4 For Bishop and Hawk, that's good for 14th and 32nd respectively among top 50 ILB and MLBs in snaps.
2010 Coverage grades: Hawk +5.6, Bishop +4.7

On a game by game basis, our grades show Hawk was up and down in coverage. Good games (@CHI, STL, DET) and poor (NO, @SD, @KC and against NYG in playoffs)
Bishop had 2 poor games (CHI, @ATL) and no particularily good games. Smith was pretty bad @NYG and really good against OAK.

More 2011 stats:
Hawk 64.3 comp %, 1 TD, 0 INT, 4 PD, 90.6 NFL rating
Smith 76.2 comp %, 0 TD, 1 INT, 0 PD, 75.5 NFL rating
Bishop 78.7 comp %, 2 TD, 0 INT, 3 PD, 117.2 NFL rating

PFF signature stats for coverage.
Coverage snaps/target = Hawk 9.6 (13th), Smith 5.3, Bishop 7.2 (38th)
Coverage snaps/reception allowed = Hawk 15.1 (7th), Smith 6.9, Bishop 8.7 (46th)
Yards allowed per coverage snap = Hawk 0.67 (4th), Smith 1.35, Bishop 1.38 (48th)

Bryan Hall - Pro Football Focus