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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1031625" data-attributes="member: 13032">Great description of Hawk.  It used to bother me that these guys would hang there hat on having the most tackles in a season, when most of the tackles were after gains.  But after seeing some truly bad tackling by the Packers in an otherwise solid 2023 season, tackling a guy for a 7-yard gain is much better than not getting him to the turf at all.I don't know about Hawk, but think Martinez had at least one season as the leading tackler.  It is, as you allude, "ham and egg" stuff but hey, someone has to tackle.  The role of the ILB has certainly shifted.  Now these guys are expected to blitz now and then, expected to drop into coverage, and oh yeah, to make tackles and slow the running game.</blockquote>

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