Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk has apologized for making an obscene hand gesture during Sunday's victory over the Rams. Hawk made the gesture, the flipping of his middle finger, toward the Green Bay sideline after sacking St. Louis quarterback Sam Bradford in the second quarter. He called it a "running joke" with some of his teammates and said it "wasn't meant to get out there, for people to see." "It was a joke, and I kind of got caught up in the emotion of the game," Hawk said. "I definitely apologize if any kids or anyone else saw it. I have a daughter myself, so I wouldn't want her doing that. I got excited and I got caught up in the game. It was just, I guess, a bad joke. I definitely won't do it again." Hawk said he hoped to avoid a fine from the NFL, and promised not to do it again.