If you ever play a friendly game of touch football with A.J. Hawk, be careful. He's a 247-pound linebacker whose definition of "touch" sent a man into a golf-course water hazard.

Starting LB A.J. Hawk has some competition breathing down his neck, in the form of former sixth-round draft pick D.J. Smith. Do the Packers have a position battle on their hands?

The quarterback gets most of the attention, but it's the play of Jermichael Finley and the rest of the supporting cast that currently is driving the Packers' success, writes Brian Billick.