Patriots ship Hobbs to Eagles for picks

[Forkboy]

The Patriots reunited Ellis Hobbs with Asante Samuel yesterday, shipping the cornerback to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Patriots parted ways with Hobbs for a pair of fifth-round picks, a pittance compared to the six-year, $57 million contract the Eagles used to lure Samuel from the Patriots last offseason.

The trade caught Hobbs by surprise.

"Personally, I think it's shocking because you've been playing so many years for an organization," Hobbs told the Philadelphia media. " had some success and doing your thing, but on the other side it's a business. I had been telling my family members for a while I just had a feeling . . . You see how the organization is making moves throughout the offseason. You figure that something is going to shake. You just never know when, but when I got the call, no bad blood, no hard feelings. I'm excited to be playing for the Eagles now."

Hobbs was the top corner in a Patriots secondary that allowed 27 touchdown passes last season, second-most in the NFL, and tied for second in most pass plays of 40 yards or more, surrendering 12.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/04/27/patriots_ship_hobbs_to_eagles_for_picks/

[joeybee12]

1. I am totally clueless about the draft...I tuned out weeks ago when ESPN

became the Matthew Stafford channel.

[Arkana]

2. "Manning drops back...looks towards the end zone...fires"

"CAUGHT BY PLAXICO BURRESS TOUCHDOWN GIANTS! THEY TAKE THE LEAD 17-14!"

Fuck you Ellis Hobbs and fuck your whole family for that soul-crushing moment. I couldn't watch ESPN for a MONTH after that.

I'm glad he's gone--Greg Lewis and Brandon Tate (once healthy) can handle return duties.

[MrPerson]

3. He's never been the same sice he was shot by that woman.

[MrSlayer]

4. This a move designed to punish Sheldon Brown.

The Eagles have a real problem with taking contract negotiations personally. To the point where they will leave all-pro players off the field in favor of untested rookies as they did in the NFC Championship game with Lito Sheppard. Hobbs is not better than Brown but guess who will start and who will play nickel or maybe even dime.

[Arkana]

5. Agreeing with you, and Hobbs is such a fucking liability in coverage your pass D

will suffer for it.

[Forkboy]

6. Hobbs is not very good at all.

Maybe he play better for you than he did for us (and to be fair, the entire secondary pretty much sucked for the Pats last year).

[WilliamPitt]

7. Addition by subtraction.

Thank God.

Now we need to ship D'eltha O'Neill (or however the fuck you spell it) out of town, too.