patriots with the lead that they had. but patriot fans after back-to-back losses. just so atypical how they were losing those games. 14 point leads. to see the mistakes they were making. another one tonight in peshl teams as well. the old special teams coach himself bill belichick will go back to work on that. >> al: 13 times in the last 15 years they clinch a spot on that, but not the division crown yet. but if the giants beat miami tomorrow, not that they have a chance. but a situation vis-a-vis the jets so they'd clinch with a new york win or obviously with a win in any of the last three games where a jets loss. and brady will kneel down here. that will take us all the way to the wire. so brady 22 of 30 for 225 and a

pair of touchdowns. the guys who worked together for five years with a brief hug. and the new england patriots will go to 11-2 and would regain that number one seed at least for the moment in the american football conference. game officially over in four seconds. 27-6 the final. volkswagen post game report coming up next.

welcome to volkswagen passat post game report. >> and welcome back to houston where the final score tonight patriots 27, texans 6. and where, after toughing it out for most of the night, bob landed on the injury list. his voice listed day to day. liam mchugh to take you the rest of the way. the patriots clinch their seventh straight playoff berth with a victory over the texans. this week's game balls go to rob gronkowski. 86 yards and a touchdown. and jabaal sheard, two sacks and to forced fumble. both spoke with michele tafoya. >> you were injured two weeks ago, that knee. so this is your first action back.

a touchdown, a big 45-yard catch early in the game. what were you expecting of yourself tonight? >> i was expecting whatever the coaches called. that type of game plan like that. i knew i wasn't going to go all game. we did a great job executing as offense. the coach is making great plays out there. and the offense is coming together. but i give credit to our defense. our defense held them, what, six points was it? unbelievable job they did. holding those good receivers they got and just containing the quarterback, too. overall a great team win. >> how is the knee feeling after tonight? >> what's that? >> how is the knee feeling after tonight? >> it's feeling good. i rehabbed superhard to get myself out here and be with my teammates. when you're not with them, you miss them out on the field. and great to be back with them. i love these guys. and everyone works hard. >> ending a two-game win streak, what was that team's mind-set? >> just come out here and play football. play some physical football.

come out here mentally and physically prepared. we stauck together as a unit an get to get a win on the w side. >> let's turn to jabaal sheard. this team had six sacks tonight. why were you able to be so successful in your pass rush? >> everybody just did a good job of staying in their lanes, executing, the secondary played great tonight and gave us time to get there. >> again, stopping the losing streak, that was a big thing for this team, wasn't it? >> no question, no question. it feels good to win again and bounce back. and get that nasty taste out of your mouth. >> the one taste that might still be in your mouth, however, is the one that comes with a lot of players injured, which you had a lot of guys go down tonight. how are you able to fight through that? >> you know, just fight through it. guys got to step up and make plays. happy to have rob back, happy to getting guys back this week. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> send it to you, liam. >> let's take a look at the afc

playoff picture. a week ago the sky was falling in new england after a second straight loss. but now the patriots are back on top. cincinnati and denver both lost today and are both now relying on backup quarterbacks. as for the wildcard race, three teams at 8-5. pittsburgh on the outside looking in right now. but if the steelers, chiefs and jets were all to win out, it would actually be kansas city and pittsburgh who would own the tiebreakers for the two wild card positions. let's bring in tony dungy. how do you see this playing out now in the afc? >> well, really liam, a couple of big games next week. and i like where pittsburgh and kansas city are. pittsburgh's playing great offense. kansas city playing great defense. but pittsburgh hosting denver next week is going to be a huge game. and we'll have to see what the denver quarterback situation is all about. they're going to need to score more points going into pittsburgh than they got today. and that other drama is the afc

south. this houston team going to indianapolis. it's probably going to be winner take all. and again, both offenses struggling. the colts really need to get andrew luck back. that's what it looks like in indianapolis. >> all right, coach. let's bring things over to the nfc. carolina shut out the falcons. the packers ran all over dallas and are now a game up on the vikings in the north. but tony, with philly and washington stayed tied atop the nfc east and the giants with a potential win tomorrow, how do you see things shaking out in that division? >> that's where all the drama is in the nfc. i think it will come down to the last game of the year, philadelphia going to the giants. the winner of that game will win the division. and you have to like the giants playing at home with eli manning at quarterback. but the real situation there to me is seattle now in that five spot with their win today. and you have to think, if they

can remain there, whoever wins the nfc, seattle will be favored and could be setting themselves up for a nice little run. seattle's playing great football. >> coach, thanks so much. turning now to mike florio of pro football talk. the whole afc playoff race would be greatly impacted by andy dalton's injury. what's the latest you hear on how long he may be out? >> what we know is there's a fracture in the thumb. we know he won't play next week at san francisco. coach martin lewis said so after today's loss to pittsburgh. we'll know much more on monday, that's the day that dalton will meet with the specialist and there will be clarity as to how much time he'll be expected to miss. until then, until he's able to return, it will be a.j. mccarron at quarterback for the broncos -- no, for the cincinnati bengals. i got ahead of myself. broncos still have osweiler at quarterback. peyton manning could return to practice after today's loss to the raiders, coach gary kubiak said that manning could come back to practice.

he'll know more monday or tuesday. there's been no starter named for next weekend's game at pittsburgh. >> so a big week for both denver and cincinnati. mike, thanks so much. as for the situation here, final score, patriots 27, texans 6. al and cris are back to wrap things up right after this. ? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. ♪ for everyone this season ♪ find thousands of rollbacks, like a 55" 4k smart tv for just $798.

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♪ hooked it just a little bit ♪ (window breaks, car alarm sounds) ♪ don't open that cellar door ♪ ♪ epic comeback starts right here ♪ lucky shot. ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmm welcome back to the volkswagen passat post game report. >> oh, he loses the football! dwight freeney knocked it loose. the arizona cardinals come off huge defensively. >> he's looking. he's going deep for aguilar who catches it at the 5. touchdown. first nfl touchdown for aguilar. >> highlights from thursday night and today, sunday's game in philadelphia.

we've got arizona against philadelphia. cardinals red hot, 11 wins. here comes seattle. division not clinched yet. and philadelphia all of a sudden two wins in a row against two teams from the afc east tied right now with washington. the giants tomorrow night. pretty good scramble going down to the finish line. >> pretty good couple of weeks there for chip kelly to knock off these new england patriots. kind of a crazy game last week, then got lesean mccoy with all that going on. with what the arizona cardinals have on their schedule in front of them, they'd very much like to go get a win in philadelphia not to worry about green bay and seattle in the last two weeks. >> they've got a tough schedule and seattle's got a relatively easy one down the stretch. a lot to be determined three weeks to go. >> let's go. >> on to the city of brotherly love. we'll talk to from there, sunday night. cardinals against the eagles. here tonight it's new england.

they still have haven't lost three in a row since all the way back in 2002. a win tonight, go 11-2. final score 27-6. cris collinsworth along with michele tafoya, good night from houston, texas. nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the national football league.

right now it's kweth er for the record book. . good evening. it's going to be a another mild day tomorrow. rain is on the way, and nbc first meteorologist is watching the warm conditions. >> the good news is that it's not going to affect the monday morning news and it was another warm day for us and a record breaking day. a record 65 degrees set back in 1923 and today's high of 71 and well above average and that's 45 deglees this time of the year. we're dealing with the fog and we're down to about a quarter of a mile viz b blt and clear visibility in philadelphia and northeast philly is fiz blt and same thing. that's going to be the trend and we're going to be to allow extra

time to get the work and from work because we're tracking the system. the good news is that's going to be another mild day. by the time that you wake up, temperatures in the mid-50s and 53 in allentown. we're not going see as many 70s on the map and welle above average and then we're cooling thin things down. a live look outside of the holiday seen in front of the philadelphia art. a lot of people are spending time outside in the nice weather with er. randy is live, and randy you saw snow sort of today. >>. >> reporter: fake snow. a winter wonder land. we checked out the lincoln and a lot of happy and warm eagle fans across the region today.

a great case to get outside. >> go where it's 70 degrees and some how snow flakes are in the air. >> it smells really good. >> probably the only snow that you're going to get for a little bit. >> this is a bubble bath that i mixed. >> this is unbelievable. we're creating our own snow. the weather is not cooperating. >> you're used to seeing flurries this time two years ago. the blizzard conditions and powered and fast forward today and eagles fans showed up in t-shirts. >> we have a beautiful day. a buteautiful day for football.

>> the great day for football, and the eagles brought it home for us. >> it also continued where the outdoor nativity scene was packed with people and animals. >> the weather has been great. we have been out here many years freezing and in the rain. >> it's great seeing all of the christmas, and a perfect night for it. >> reporter: just an awesome weekend to be out. if you stayed in and watched the football, you may not see like this until spring. >> you can track the rain as it moves into the area on the phone with the nbc app. get the latest forecast in the morning on nbc news today at 4:00. new nfkinformation in a dou

stabbing. the wife was in the process of getting a divorce. he found him hide nothing the woods not far from the murder scene. officers tasered limb before taking him into custody. he is being held out abail. a delaware mom and dad are trying to see who killed their 15-year-old son. they gathered in west philadelphia calling for help. nbc 10 smith was there. >> reporter: carrying balloons and flowers is remember him. his coaches called him -- >> he did everything on the football field that you could imagine. >> the coach was one of the last people go speak with him at the encouragement of the grandmother. he left the family home back in late november after a family argument.

the conversation was food and he sounded like he was going to get back on the right track. >> difs stroii was destroyed wh. >> they found him a few days after his father reported him missing. >> reporter: to want there were tears and sorrow. the family acknowledged that he got into trouble. police say that he was on probation. >> i want to the find out who did this to my grandson. >> reporter: the gave the jersey and championship jersey to the mother. >> reporter: we spoke to the police tonight, and they do not have any suspects to want and have not released a motive. nbc news. two children are safe tonight after a man stole a car

with them inside. he crossed the pike before he jumped into the suv. it happened around 11:00 on saturday night. christopher dumas was arrested after his hit another s surksuv flipped over. the mother was in the liquor store when the car was stolen. he was taken to the hospital and then in police custody. a man was caught with 138 cases of liquor inside of o his home. they stopped him for a traffic violation and tonight he is charged with evade of tax and illegal transporting alcohol. he is going up and deep. intercepted. >> the big win for the eelgs as they take down the bills.

the playoffs is still alive and joining us now with more of what the eagles did and how they're going to move forward from here. >> you hear the voice and that really sets the tone. what they did and they helped him to stand on the field. six and two of the last games and started with the former heisman winner and going for the go ahead and turned out to be the game winning field goalle. it's a 53 yard touch and then to the 14 and 7 and then top of the five minutes and then going to an absolute monster along the sideline. going down there and then pulling over and then dragging another and then 41 and thechb to 23 win and he is starting to find the move.

>> i feel more comfortable out there and confident. i think as a quarterback when you're confident is when you play the best. >> i like the way that he is leading. it's so cool. you want to make the plays for a guy like that and do whatever you can. he deserves it. >> coming up a little bit later in sports can you take it? we will show you how you upset he got heading into the locker room. it will be a large group of angry men lining up for the eagles. back to you. >> charged up fans base after the win against the bills. the eagles having a place and then the playoff.

>> on to the playoff. that's the way that he look. >> you you go home and win and then have a tough one next week. >> they have to win two of the last three. >> that's next up the arizona cardinals come to town. that can be seen next sunday right here on nbc10. eagles came day final is coming up here. don't miss it with chip kelly and the locker room reaction. >> the champions welcome a local football team today. this was the scene in german town following a massive championship win in florida. it's the second consecutive top title for the double a midget team. >> last year was a great feels and today is a greater feeling

knowing that we represent philadelphia. >> it's a life long memory. >> after falling behind, they scored 37 points to win the championship. shutting down the boulevard. the event that's bigger than the oscars. taking up the republican party. two new polls for the president. and then every temperatures today are heading into next week. we will track the rain and go over the details next in the seven day forecast. .

:a suspect is dead after he started to point a gun at customers inside of a walmart store. officers shot and killed the suspect when he refused to drop his weapon inside of the store in monroe county. police showed up around 10:00 last niemt. they say that andrew todd was armed with two guns and machet. people went running from the store when it happened. none of them were hurt. pennsylvania lawmakers will get back to the budget after a sunday night session. tonight members of the house made changes to hundreds of pages of legislation passed by

the senate this house. house gop leader want to spend less than what is involved in the budget and that includes a $1.2 billion tax increase. lawmakers are trying to end the stalemate before the new year. bear hunters in new jersey are getting extra time for their sport. state wildlife o officials announce that had they're extending the hunt for four extra days starting on wednesday. people that already hurted a bear this season cannot participate in the extended hunt. the hunt ended yesterday. turning now to decision 2016. donald trump is once gain leading the republican race. accord og to a wall street journal poll 27 percent of voters support him. ted cruz has surged into second place at 22 percent and followed by mark rub bow and ben carson

dropped to fourth place. the real-estate mogul has res t resisted attacking him but now calling him a maniac. the next is the drrcnn debate. hol we wood boulevard is shut down with the force awakens. some are saying that the closures are bigger than what we see for were the academy award. some fans have been camped out. it will be in theaters across the country on friday. now your nbc first alert weather with brittney ship. >> heading into tomorrow morning you do want to watch out for the dense fog. there's a dense fog advisory that will stay in affect. you can see the fog moving in, and we're tracking changes on

the way and staying dry. now as we're heading into monday evening, we're tracking showers and rain and cooler temperatures into next week and you will feel a difference by next weekend it's wind speeds out at three miles an hour. all the way down to a quarter of a mile and then closer to northeast philadelphia & definitely along the shore. this will probably affect you in the morning because the dense fog advisory will stay in affect until 10:00 a.m. nice and mild and still at this hour. 54 in philadelphia and 52 in pods town and 51 in wilmington and temperature shows that yesterday we set a record of 69 degrees on sunday and seasoned 71. another record for us. the average this time of the year is 45 degrees.

we're well above average, and stay that way for a next couple of days. we have a few clouds moving in from the skbes it's ahead of the system that's going to approach the region as we head home from work tomorrow. this is what i amtraking ch monday rain for evening commute, and this will move in at 4:00 or 5:00. that's when we will see the showers moving in. light showers will make it into the parts of south jersey and 6:00 p.m. and then some of the heavier pockets are later and 9:00 or 10:00 and then clearing up. tuesday you will notice thele cooler air, and it's not going to be too cold and we will continue to drop as we head into most of next week. so we're tracking a few pm showers for you and highs will make it into approximate tthe h. well above average and seasonably warm for us. tonight's fog and clouds and a

little bit of drizzle and 53 in philadelphia and then in the north and west and heading into tomorrow, the temperatures will range once gain to 60. then another chance of rain as we go into thursday and low 60 and then look what happens into next weekend. we're in the 40s and that's where we should be for this time of the year. we will go back for the more of the sudden surging eagles. for the first time this guy mccoy was on the sideline at lincoln international field, the fans were against him. definitely this guy not happy and his reaction when we come back.