Cornerback Sheldon Brown, who was traded to Cleveland yesterday along with linebacker Chris Gocong, wasn't as talented as Brian Dawkins, who is an eight-time Pro Bowler and a likely future Hall-of-Famer, but Brown was a tough, overachieving SOB with the pain threshold of a bull elephant who answered the bell every week and didn't miss a game in 8 years. At the moment, Ellis Hobbs, who was acquired from the Patriots last year in a draft-day trade, has been penciled in as Brown's replacement but that pencil has an eraser. Hobbs couldn't beat out Brown last year and then missed the second half of the season with a career-threatening neck injury. "We think he's going to have an opportunity to come in and compete," general manager Howie Roseman said of Hobbs. "We like Ellis Hobbs. Ellis Hobbs was a starter on a [Patriots] team that was 18-0. We think Ellis Hobbs is a good starting corner in this league. And we think we have other players on this team who can step into that spot and contribute. We're going to put all of our options together in terms of the combinations at safety and corner. I think it will sort itself out here before we get to the first minicamp."
Source:Philadelphia Daily News
Roseman doesnt mention that yes, while Hobbs was a starter for that 16-0 Patriots team, he may have been the worst starting CB in the NFL
__________________ Emmitt Smith after the retirement of Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin ....." Iz like dat book 'Da lasd of a Mohica'. Troy N Michael beez out, I here, so eye'z like Da Lasd Of Dem Moficans"
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