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On what his thoughts were about the trade:

"Personally, I think it’s shocking because you’ve been playing so many years for an organization. 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. Then you kind of feel things out, 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. It is what it is and I’m excited to be playing for the Eagles now."

Ellis Hobbs traded to the Eagles

FOXBORO, Mass. -- The New England Patriots traded veteran cornerback Ellis Hobbs to the Philadelphia Eagles for two draft picks.

Hobbs, who started for the Patriots last season, will rejoin former teammate Assante Samuel in the Philadelphia secondary. New England receives a pair of fifth-round picks in Sunday's NFL Draft, the 137th and 141st overall picks.