After Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk was shown on television giving a one-finger salute on Sunday, Hawk explained that the whole thing was just a running joke with his teammates.
Packers cornerback Charles Woodson has been a teammate of Hawk’s for Hawk’s entire NFL career, and Woodson says that’s the first he’s ever heard of any such joke.
“No, I had not heard about it,” Woodson told Jim Rome today. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that. From what I heard it was some kind of inside joke but I have no clue. I don’t know who else knew about it either. I guess there were a couple people who knew about it but it caught everybody else off guard. So the joke’s on us I guess.”
Hawk said he couldn’t say exactly what the joke was, nor could he identify who the teammates were who are in on it. So it’s apparently hard to identify anyone who finds the “joke” funny. It’s safe to assume the league office will inform Hawk this week that they don’t get the joke either.