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Early Birds: Miles Austin's playing time; 15 points per game on defense; RBs in the passing game

1) When Miles Austin signed with the Eagles, he was expected to be a role player. Nine games into the season, he’s playing 52 percent of the offensive snaps. That’s the second most of any wide receiver on the roster, and the most of the outside receivers.

“Well, we've had some injuries, and so we had guys in and out of the lineup,” offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur said. “We use the whole roster, as you know, in terms of the receiving corps. Some games he plays more than others. He's had, in the last couple weeks, probably more snaps than you're used to seeing.