Eagles trade for Patriots CB Ellis Hobbs
by JasonB on Apr 26, 2009 1:44 PM EDT
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You were wondering what the Eagles would do with all those 5th round picks? We've got one answer... The Eagles have sent the first and fifth picks in the fifth round to New England for veteran cornerback Ellis Hobbs. Excuse me... Eliis Hobbs III.
Hobbs is a 5th year man drafted in the 3rd round in 2005. He's started 33 games over that span and is also kick returner. From his bio.
In three NFL seasons, Hobbs has started 33 of 47 regular season games while totaling 151 tackles (125 solo), six interceptions for 87 yards, 30 passes defensed, one forced fumble, four fumble recoveries and eight special teams tackles. He has also returned 60 kickoffs (two for touchdowns) for an average of 27.2 yards. In addition, he has recorded two playoff interceptions for a total of eight career picks.
Here's a useful synopsis of his 2008 season
Led the AFC and finished second in the NFL in kickoff return average as he racked up 1,281 return yards, a single-season career high in 2008 ... Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 15 after recording his third career kickoff return for a touchdown against the Oakland Raiders ... Totaled 237 kickoff return yards on six returns, including an 81-yard return, to set a Patriots record for most kickoff return yards in a single game versus Miami on Sept. 21 ... Tied the Patriots franchise record with his third kickoff return for a touchdown with a 95-yard return during the second quarter of the Patriots' 49-26 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Dec. 14.
Interesting trade. Hobbs should provide some needed depth at corner and at only 26 years old he should be entering the prime of his career.
Anyone else thinks this is a message to Sheldon Brown?
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another short corner? we have hanson already. what happened to TE?
Taking Route 36 will bring you to Touchdown,PHI
A good young corner who was a 3rd rounder
For two fifth…good value.
Still don’t understand it one bit.
Leverage
That’s all there is to understand.
by AshburnAlley on Apr 26, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Right...
Useable even if Sheldon stays, and insurance if he goes…not a bad deal for two 5ths…
---AstrosFan (Austin Lawyer and Sports Fan)
So, they trade out of the third round
Pick up a few extra picks, trade one of those for a guy who was a third rounder in 2005.
Again I say that there is a bit too much mania to make trades on draft day.
I assume there is going to be an adios to Sheldon Brown sooner rather than later?
Like Spuds just said (lol@that btw)...
It’s public, it’s out there, and you know how the Eagles love that.
Ask Welbourn.
by AshburnAlley on Apr 26, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I like it!
Not only does it give you depth in the secondary, but it gives us one of the deadliest special teams in the league. We now have Demps, Hobbs, Desean and Maclin. Exciting!!
by Midnight Green Bean on Apr 26, 2009 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
I guess
they don’t think Jack is better than Asante. It also smells like they may be trying to peddle Sheldon — contrary to their public statements. In any event it’s a good pick up at very little cost.
good point
i think he knows more about football than all of us combined. jack HAS to be better than asante. the eagles must not know it yet. lol
"I think if you go low on Runyan, he may drop the knee somewhere. So I think you have to stay high and just let him baptize you. That's probably what I would do. You know when you go backwards and your head hits first and you wake up as if somebody baptized you or blessed you? I think that would be Runyan right there, all day, every day."
- Titans' cornerback Cortland Finnegan
by #1EaglesFan on Apr 26, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
hobbs
hobbs is a nickle corner .. they got him to return kicks and play in the dime .. we couldnt draft all those 5ths we had to use them some how
by jack is better than asante on Apr 26, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Per Matt Mosley:
"I don’t think Hobbs really emerged like the Pats thought he might after Samuel signed with the Eagles in free agency. He was a better player when he had Samuel back there next to him. I’m not sure what the mental impact on him was after giving up the game-winning TD in Super Bowl XLII. But the Pats are ready to move on without him. And the Eagles had six fifth-rounders. They could afford to use a couple of them on a solid player like Hobbs, who’s coming off a down season."
good call
ive said it in other threads….relax and let reid work magic on day 2..he usually does…
Tony Sheffler to the Birds?
I heard the Eagles have made a deal for a 3rd next year to acquire Tony Scheffler from the Broncos.
That it would
But I don’t see it anywhere…
by AshburnAlley on Apr 26, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
mehn, wtf is going on here. Ok trading two 5th rounders for a proven veteran corner who was drafted in the 3rd round i think is a good move, but what ever happen to a TE. we lost on all the good ones who where projected to go in the 3rd and 4th rounds.
Tony Scheffler Rumor
Talked about on Philly.com either a 3rd next year or one of our 5ths.
i found that too
but he said a deal was made…that needs a link to confirm, or else he’s just spreading rumors
So the Ravens
are now about to draft using that first pick in the fifth round, which is listed as
From Lions through Seahawks though Eagles through Patriots.
lol. I wonder what the record is on how many different teams have held and traded a particular pick.
Here's the quote from Philly.com
Don’t be surprised if they use their extra third-round pick in next year’s draft to make a trade with Denver for tight end Tony Scheffler. The teams have talked about a deal and the Eagles told the Broncos they would be interested depending on what they do in this draft.bq.
Seems like speculation to me.
I'm not ready to move on from #20.
Scheffler for a 3rd round
pick? Would be great if it’s true
D.C. YATES
Yea certainly..
I think Celek/Scheffler would be awesome. Without a doubt, I’d cream if we had JMac/DJax, Scheff/Celek, and BWest/Shady. Add in Weaver…a bigger, better line…and well, you get the idea. We’d be absolutely nasty.
by AshburnAlley on Apr 26, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
sceffler
hes not worht a third .. hes a back up te and is another celek
by jack is better than asante on Apr 26, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Hobbs is a soldin starter.. now we have great great depth at CB all we need now is a Casey or Ingram is there is prob one of our best drafts Peters, Maclin, McCoy, Hobbs,
DeSEAN JACKSON THE 10NE
looks like..
it just reiterates the philly.com thing.
by AshburnAlley on Apr 26, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
So if Ingram is still
on the board in ten picks, do the Iggles take him?
Well...
The Eagles could probably solve TE through free agency/after roster cut down, or in a trade…there always seems to be a run blocking TE out there…I’m not worried we didn’t solve it through draft…
---AstrosFan (Austin Lawyer and Sports Fan)
Patriots
Patriots Trade Ellis Hobbs to Eagles for Pair of Picks
Patriots Trade Ellis Hobbs to Eagles for Pair of Picks
Patriots
Patriots Trade Ellis Hobbs to Eagles for Pair of Picks
Patriots Trade Ellis Hobbs to Eagles for Pair of Picks
this was a great trade by the eagles. Hobbs was a great corner for the patriots when asante was still there.
He's an even better return guy
My only beef with Hobbs was he had a tendency to play a little soft in NE, but things may change.
Blogger at SBNation's Patriots blog, Pats Pulpit
yea
hes a return guy .. so he can return kickoffs for us .. and maclin can return punts .. it makes sense .. we had too many picks .. had to get rid of a few
by jack is better than asante on Apr 26, 2009 10:13 PM EDT reply actions
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