Title: Gasper: Wearing No. 27, Butler will help fill Hobbs' shoes

" Hi this is Chris -- of the Boston Globe reporting from Gillette Stadium where on the practice field today the pages -- the first day of their rookie mini camp. When the guys that we were keeping there was rookie cornerback Darius butler when the patriots for second round picks obviously cornerback is being. An area the pitchers have really tried to address this offseason. That includes the drafting of butler interestingly enough butler ended up with number 27 the number that belong to be departed Ellis Hobbs jacking -- kind of paved the way. -- Seems like butler not only has -- the number of it may be -- his personality when asked how things are going terms are rooming with fellow rookie Patrick John. He joked they were going pretty well it's like Koptev Patrick -- have the swine flu but a bit of a joke there from butler took her on the -- He would compare himself before Tucson -- Daniel -- back -- a little bit from that today -- now point me too big a splash but. He has a lot of talent you can see and the way he runs the way he's been out going to need a little bit of work obviously with the technique that Bill Belichick said that's -- these camps have for -- to get these guys these rookies not just bother all of them. -- ops and they can get to a point by the time training camp rolls around they can compete with the veterans. But they're going to have an uphill fight honestly for playing time at -- with -- veterans Leigh -- and John springs in there yet Terrence Wheatley Johnson my picks last year. He certainly have an opportunity to make an impact you gotta love the way playing college. He didn't allow a touchdown -- last season he would have an interception not because he wasn't good they just weren't throwing to him. When asked about that he said he had talked to some veteran guys they told me it's not going to be like that anymore I'm a rookie and I'm even out there I'm even out on the -- they let me out there that quarterbacks are going to -- me. I'm gonna be a target you have to give him some points for self awareness signing up from Gillette Stadium this is Chris dasburg for the Boston Globe."