Disgruntled cornerback Sheldon Brown hopes that the acquisition of veteran cornerback Ellis Hobbs means that the Eagles will grant his trade request. However, coach Andy Reid claims that the trade for Ellis, with New England for two fifth-round picks, had nothing to do with Brown's demands. "This gives us some depth at the cornerback position," Reid said. "[Hobbs] has been a starting cornerback for the Patriots for the last 3 years. We got a good quality player. You can't have enough corners in this league. So we wanted to make sure we addressed that and brought in a veteran player. "This doesn't have anything to do with Sheldon's situation or anything else. So we don't even need to go there with that. This is a quality player that we had an opportunity to get and we chose to do so." Brown sees things differently, in that now Philadelphia has a replacement for him. "Over the next few months, if they got an offer, they would be in a position [now] to trade me," he said. "It's a good thing from that perspective. It gives me more hope."