As Joe is wont to do at work — when he’s not daydreaming of Rachel Watson — he was listening to Sirius NFL Radio when he heard “The Godfather,” Gil Brandt, talk about Green Bay linebacker A.J. Hawk.

Joe isn’t sure what Brandt’s connection is to the Packers, but Brandt often notes how he has watched a Packers’ practice from time to time.

In discussing Hawk, a four-year starter at middle linebacker for the Packers, Brandt said he was “disappointed” with the Ohio State product. Brandt noted that Hawk really isn’t a 3-4 linebacker — he was drafted by the Packers when they ran a 43 front.

Brandt said the Packers had a few players on that defense the team might be looking to replace, since the current defense under Dom Capers is not such a good fit.

Brandt only mentioned Hawk (though Joe knows defensive end Aaron Kampman is on thin ice in Green Bay).

This got Joe wondering whether, by chance, Hawk could be had on the cheap, might he bolster the Bucs’ linebackers and be an insurance policy of sorts if Barrett Ruud would walk away?