Miles Austin: 'My Dad Had Three Tires Deflated' At Game In Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- The Eagles-Cowboys rivalry is one of the fiercest in sports and wide receiver Miles Austin now has the rare opportunity to experience it from both ends.
Austin, who played the first seven years of his NFL career in Dallas, signed a one-year deal with the Eagles less than a month ago. Already, however, Austin gives Eagles fans the hostility edge.
"Always in the NFC East you can feel [the hostility], I feel like less with Dallas," Austin told Angelo Cataldi and the 94WIP Morning Show on Tuesday. "I mean there's a bunch of hostility. Here, would definitely be the most I felt like. I felt personally, just in the air or in my ears."
Listen: Miles Austin on the 94WIP Morning Show
Austin explained his family experienced their own type of Deflategate situation, in 2009, when the Cowboys played the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.
"There's experiences my family has had," Austin said. "My dad had three tires deflated when he came to the Philly game my third year.
"He probably came out with a big Austin jersey and told them, who knows," Austin said, when asked how the fans identified his father. "The good thing was, the tires weren't slashed, they were just deflated so it just took air to fill 'em back up. It could've been slashed and then he would have had to get new tires, but he just called Triple-A and they filled 'em up later on that night."
During the beginning of his career in 2007 and 2008, Austin played with then ex-Eagle WR Terrell Owens. Owens notoriously left Philly after leading the Birds to Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 before joining the Cowboys, and T.O. would hear it from Eagles fans when returning.
"It's definitely a lively environment to say the least," Austin said of Philadelphia. "I just remember like how much energy the fans had, just from the beginning of the game. I just remember like crazy chants being yelled from the sidelines, it was just an unbelievable environment, a great football environment actually. Regardless of what side you're on, it's still a great environment to be a part of it because of how much energy is in the building."
Austin, who was seen by Cataldi at Del Frisco's Steakhouse in Center City (with another former Cowboy, turned Eagle in DeMarco Murray), isn't that popular in Philly yet.
"Honestly, there's a little bit of anonymity right now, which is a little bit different than obviously Dallas my whole career for the most part," Austin said. "But it's great. Everyone there is super nice. Everyone in the building is great. Everyone has been receiving me unbelievably."
