Hawk flying away after 2009?
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Linebacker A.J. Hawk's role has diminished this season on the new Dom Capers-run defense for the Green Bay Packers. Thus far, he's played when the team is in a base defense, but has been replaced when the nickel personnel package is deployed.

In spite of this decreased role, Hawk will make a cool $3.025 million in base salary this season, and is scheduled to have that bumped to $4.1 million in 2010. Additionally, he seems OK playing a lesser role as long as the team is winning. "Regardless of how many reps I'm getting right now I still want to be here," he told the Green Bay Press-Gazette. "I'd much rather be not playing as much as I'd like on a good winning team and a solid organization than starting for a team going 2-14."

The Press-Gazette's Pete Dougherty adds another caveat to Hawk's hypothetical: the team will likely ask him to take a pay cut, too, if he wants to come back for 2010. So, we'll see how much Hawk likes playing for the Pack when he's getting fewer reps -- he had a grand total of 9 against the Lions on Sunday -- and making fewer dollars.