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Eagles News: Ellis Hobbs Demoted, Jason Peters Returns, DeSean Jackson Practices

The Philadelphia Eagles are back from their bye week and a slew of good, or at least good sounding news has come out. LT Jason Peters returned to practice and declared that he will be starting this weekend against Dwight Freeney and the Indianapolis Colts. Michael Vick also returned to practice and the Eagles say he's "100 percent healthy and has no pain whatsoever." Also returning to practice was DeSean Jackson, who said he was a "little limited" and said that he would be a "game time decision." Still, if he was on the practice field that must mean that he has been cleared as far as his concussion goes.

Finally, Dimitri Patterson told reporters today that he learned this morning that he'll be replacing Ellis Hobbs as the starting right cornerback this Sunday. Hobbs struggled mightily against the Titans in the teams' previous game and that appears to have cost him his starting job. As we noted over on Bleeding Green Nation, Hobbs also leads in the Eagles in penalties and penalty yardage this year...