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Article: Samuel, Hobbs right in style
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- October 21, 2006
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FOXBORO - As befitting a player who aspires to be a "shutdown"
cornerback, Ellis Hobbs has shut down the Great Cornrow Experiment
that had taken root on his scalp.
"My brother came up here and told me I looked like a drug dealer.
If he thinks I'm a drug dealer, my mom's going to flip out," Hobbs
said in explaining why he shifted to a more conservative, closely
trimmed look. "Plus, it was itching, man. I don't know how girls do
it. They don't have to put on a helmet or nothing like that, but I
couldn't keep it clean. I couldn't sleep right on it."
Chalk it up as another difference between the New England
Patriots' two starting corners.
Asante Samuel still proudly sports his dreadlocks - a ...