Hobbs Making Progress

Lost in the shuffle of the Patriots insane offseason so far is the fact that cornerback Ellis Hobbs had two surgeries at the end of last season.  His first surgery repaired a torn labrum in February.  Then in March, for an encore he went under the knife to deal with a sports hernia that had been bothering him for who knows how long during the actual season.  While Hobbs has been progressing nicely in his workouts and such, but he stopped short of saying he’ll be ready for training camp.  After both those surgeries, can you blame him?

Hobbs needs to focus on getting back out on the field.  While there are certain teams and certain times on and during which it would be to a player’s disadvantage to miss any part of training camp, Hobbs has two things going for him.  One, there is no doubt that he played with a torn labrum and sports hernia, which is something akin to being a Norse God walking the earth.  These things are not lost on Bill Bellichick.  Also, the Pats aren’t exactly locked and loaded at corner, which means that Hobbs isn’t likely to lose his spot.  He should make sure he’s 100% recovered before returning to action.

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