As usual I tend to tune out the talking heads during a game so I don't always hear what they say.

Yesterday I thought I heard someone say AJ is closing in on the GB record for tackles. I was a little bit surprised so I focused on what they were saying but they had moved on.

I checked the Packer record book. John Anderson has 1020 career total tackles. AJ 831. In his best year (2006 and 2012) AJ had 120. He has been averaging about 104 a year. (It will change slightly after Sunday's game.) That means it will take him 2 years more to break it. Barring injury and assuming he plays as much as he has in the past.

I looked at the unassisted tackle record. Once again John Anderson has the career record for 783 while AJ has 573. He is averaging 72 unassisted tackles a year. Again 2006 and 2012 were his best two seasons. It would take him 3 years to break that record.

It makes me wonder if I heard them wrong or if they were talking out the butts. Even if AJ remains on the team 2-3 more years there is no guarantee he would continue to average that many tackles every year. He has has 3 seasons where he had only 80 something total tackles and his unassisted tackles have been as low as 53.

While looking up his tackles I saw something interesting. The Packer website records and history pdf says AJ had 155 tackles in 2006. That placed him 9th on the list. He is 2nd on the list for rookies. Yet the Packers page for AJ and ESPN show that he only has 120 total tackles in 2006. What's up with that?

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Not sure where you are getting the numbers, but Hawk needed 10 tackles Sunday to tie Anderson.
He was credited with 6. 4 solo 2 assisted.
He will become The Packers all time leader in tackles if he gets 5 against The Bears.

The stat includes solo and assisted tackles for both players.

What I don't know is if Hawks' tackles in post season games are included in those numbers.

Anderson played 12 seasons for The Packers with, if I remember right, only 2 post games played.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan 

Packers record book.  Go to page 17

TACKLES
Most Total Tackles, Career (1975-2012)
1,020 John Anderson, 1978-89
1,014 Nick Barnett, 2003-10
1,001 Johnnie Gray, 1975-83
967 Mike Douglass, 1978-85
953 LeRoy Butler, 1990-2001

Most Unassisted Tackles, Career (1975-2012)
783 John Anderson, 1978-89
735 LeRoy Butler, 1990-2001
771 Johnnie Gray, 1975-83
703 Nick Barnett, 2003-10
766 Mike Douglass, 1978-85

Packers  total for AJ

Games Total Solo Ast
831 573 258
2013 15 116 72 44
2012 16 120 81 39
2011 14 84 53 31
2010 16 111 72 39
2009 16 89 67 22
2008 16 86 67 19
2007 16 105 78 27
2006 16 120 83 37

ESPN 

SEASON GP COMB TOTAL AST
2006 16 120 83 37
2007 16 105 78 27
2008 16 86 67 19
2009 16 89 67 22
2010 16 111 72 39
2011 14 84 53 31
2012 16 120 81 39
2013 15 116 72 44

CBS has the same I just am not going to bother with more. Where do your numbers come from?

Originally Posted by: wpr 

Say what you want about Hawk, but he is the only damn LB on our team that shows up every week. People on this forum pick their favorites and pick their whipping boys, Hawk is an example of both. I doubt anyone here is willing to change their mind on him because of all the arguments, but he is the one guy that won't get injured every other game.

The Packers linebacking corp consists of an ineffective, injury prone MLB (Jones), an ineffective, injury prone OLB (Perry), an injury prone, overpaid OLB (Matthews), and a solid, but not great MLB (Hawk). Hawk is one of the few players on defense who is earning his paycheck.

Originally Posted by: Bigbyfan