Hawk: 'I'm not going into it trying to prove anything'

With Brandon Chillar sidelined, inside linebacker A.J. Hawk stands to see expanded action on Sunday by taking over Chillar's snaps in the Packers' nickel defense.But in spite of his limited role this season, Hawk said he doesn't view this as an opportunity to prove he deserves more playing time."Nah, I don’t look at it like that," said Hawk, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2006 draft. "Yeah, I hope to be in there more obviously. But I’m not going into it trying to prove anything and prove that I should be in or anything like that. It has nothing to do with that. I’m just going to go in there and try to help the team win."Because the Packers have played nickel (five defensive backs) extensively against certain opponents, Hawk's snaps have been highly limited in several games -- most recent, he played only 15 snaps in last week's loss to Minnesota -- and has only 34 tackles. That's way down from the past three seasons, when he had 155, 129 and...