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ANDY REID SCRIPTS the first 15 plays of each game. So it was no accident that Jeremy Maclin, who got on the field for only a handful of snaps and didn’t have a reception in the Eagles’ Week 1 win over Carolina, was part of the three-wide-receiver grouping Reid sent out for the first offensive play Sunday against the Saints.And it also was no accident that the first play was a quick pass to the rookie first-round pick, who gained 6 yards on his first NFL catch.The fact that Mac-lin’s mother flew in from Missouri to watch her son play probably had a little bit to do with Reid dialing up his number right out of the chute. But mainly, the Eagles’ head coach just wanted to let the kid know that …

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