lure you back here? >> i'm not sure. you never know about the playoffs. >> you never know. more on "action news" sports sunday. more including the vicious hit on sprols. the eagles are ice cold and the flyers are red hot, up nine straight since the 1990s. rooky anthony stars in net. he keeps the winning streak alive in detroit, 28 for the first shutout, scoreless in overtime. braeden shen scores his fourth in two days. flyers win 1-0, their ninth straight win, longest winning streak in 20 years. >> the season debut off the bench, eight points in the first half. the debut ends before you know it. leafs with an ankle sprain does

not return. mcconnell turning ankles with this, sixers win 97-79, second straight road win. >> joes down two, newkirk, basket and foul, three point play giving st. joes the lead and win. they hang on 72-71 ending their four game losing streak to the clutch in the second. >> thank you, jeff. more "action news" when we come back. ♪ ♪

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have a great night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you think of those couple of plays, had they gone differently, the outcome could have been different. >> in the endzone. what a mistake that was. >> we were down in the red zone, almost every position. we have to learn to finish there. >> fighting for the football. redskins have it. >> this was probably his best game of the year, honestly, the way he hung in there. >> we lost. we didn't finish at the end. >> he's going deep down the center of the field. jackson with the goal. >> forcing him to come back to make big plays against our former team. >> jones -- hold your breath.

the ball is spotted low. it's a take -- can't be a fake. jones picks it up. >> i had a bunch of snuffs on the sideline. i'm a professional. we have three opportunities the left. let's end it with a bang. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is "action news," sports sunday, sponsored by audi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello . thanks for joining us. the effort is there, the results are not. >> thanks for coming along. i'm ducis rodgers. washington falls 28-22, eight loss in the last ten games. sal, did we overvalue the team? >> we overvalued expectations after going 3-0. clearly people thought they would make the playoffs. they had injuries and

suspensions and too inexperienced in certain positions, especially the secondary is their problem. >> matt tobin one-on-one with matt car kerr gain. was that a mistake? >> it's a mistake in setting protection by carson wentz. down to the fourth right tackle as they are, going against a guy like ryan kerrigan, you want someone double teaming kerrigan. it was a break down of protection. >> especially the way he dominated the team early in the season. now to the full highlights with jeff scaversky. jeff? >> the eagles making mistake after mistake costing them the fourth straight loss. eagles lead 28 points on the field, two turnovers in the red

zone plus long snapper injuries. carson wentz and the eagles have had injuries out of the gate and continues today in the red zone. wentz picked off. another game without a touchdown in the eagle's opening quarter. second quarter, eagles down one, under one to play in the half. wentz throws to the shortest guy on the field, darren sproals. eagleeagles with the first halfe lead in weeks. not for long. kurt cousins today sean jackson, 80-yards. what a catch. you want him back? you never know. touchdown, eagles down 13-14, the shot to retake the lead. sellic comes in, botches the snap. redskins taking down johnny jones midfield.

end of the third, seven seconds left. 14 unanswered points, eagles down 21-13 all over the last 20. fourth quarter down eight. it could get ugly. cousins picked off. how about stepping in front of jackson making up for the touchdown, eagles within two, fighting for the win in more ways than one. sproals back with the punt. >> everett: rent drills sproals. jason peters calls it a cheap shot. sproals slow to get up and to the locker room. sellic is hurt. trey burton, get in there. high snap, 41-yarder, gets in there. eagles take the lead, 22-21.

two to gom. tompson, 25-yarder, eagles down five but they have the ball, 1:50 left. eagles drive down field. they could come from behind and win, in the red zone, 21 seconds left, tobin beat by kerrigan, loses the ball, eagles lose the game, worst stretch in four years. eagle scoring issues are adding up. they have lost eight of ten. they have 0-5 in games decided by a touchdown or less. ducis, back to you. >> we saw the missed opportunities. to what do you attribute na? >> they are shorthanded and inexperienced in key positions. i go to detroit, the fumble. two interceptions against the

giant. this team has been plagued by ill timed missed opportunities, game in and game out that they have lost. you saw that number. they are in every single game. this game, they had the lead and couldn't hold it. >> they continue to shoot themselves in the foot. jamie apody has more. >> so many missed opportunities. mostly because the team is not good enough, not yet. a penalty. interception in the endzone, missed field goal. all plays they would love to have back that were the difference between winning and losing. >> it's tough. in games like this, you think of those couple of plays, couple of plays, had they gone differently, the outcome could be different. >> it was more of a lack of talent than anything else. last week doug pederson called out his team for not playing

hard. he couldn't say that today. >> max effort. the team responded. we fought all the way to the end. >> tougher still that it has hit home that the playoffs are not in the cards this year. with three games to play still, it's gut check time for sure. >> we are professional athletes. they pay us to play this game. every guy knows that. we are going to continue to do the things we do, play hard and nothing will change. >> give yourself a chance at the superbowl. that's what fans expect. that's what they deserve. when we come up short, it hurts. >> they plan to hit the road in baltimore next weekend as though they have everything to play for when in reality all there is, is pride, and that may be the hardest thing they have had to do. ducis? >> when we return we discuss the

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ducis back with you on sports sunday. sal, it's a passing league. my question to you after the eagles game, are the eagles passing too much? >> absolutely yes. carson wentz is on pace to throw the ball 612 times this season. he's only the second rooky to go over 600. not only that, carson wentz is on pace to shatter the single season franchise record for most pass attempts in a season set by