>> maybe they would be in the playoffs if not for wayne john johnson's ten game suspension. >> i feel like we could have made it if i wasn't suspended. there is a lot to think about in the offseason. i have a lot of anger. it's created a monster. i'm looking forward to it. >> he has a point, they were 5-1 with him, 2-8 without him. >> maybe 2017 is looking up after all. jamie apody, "action news,." >> let's hope so. more coming up in five minutes. we'll be in studio to talk eagles. birds finish 7-9 for the second straight year. come april, it will be decided by a coin flip. chip kelly's fate decided

tonight. one and done in san francisco, fired tonight barely a year after the eagles let him go. he lost 21 of the last 25 games, finished 2-4 with the 49ers. >> the eagles had a lot of trouble. the flyers are having a lot of trouble as well. the flyer withs a ten p game winning streak, they have lost six of seven. tonight trying to fight back in anaheim. down two in the second. they come back. sean gets the flyers within one. a minute later, braeden schenn ties it at three on the powerplay, stays that way with a shootout. korey perry, the flyers need a score to stay alive. flyers lose four straight despite 55 shots on goal. let's hope they figure it out as they come back to face the rangers.

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>> "action news" "sports sunday" next on channel6. we continue tomorrow morning. now for all of the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah

bloomquist. have a great night and happy new year. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it seemed more like a preseason game than season finale. >> we have to evaluate. we have an evaluation process. >> time to wash away the cobwebs. >> looks into the endzone. touchdown! >> in the end, the birds celebrate christmas a week late with gifts delivered by a familiar face. >> prescott, sanchez. fakesthe hand and intercepted. intercepted again! still looking. he's going for the endzone. he has a touchdown! >> end of the day, we were 7 of 9. we are going home now. that's what matters. >> catch! off to the races.

>> defeatin defeated for the pl, the re redskins are in. could it be a sequel in san fran? goodbye mr. chip, part two. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is "action news" sports sunday, sponsored by audi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to sports sunday. espn sal joins us. i'm ducis rodgers. eagles beat the cowboys, 27-13 finishing the season 7 of 9. how should we feel? >> they underachieved. this team had a chance to beat the detroit lions, the dallas cowboys, late game fumbles led

to losses. in this season, they had a lot of missed opportunities. they could have beat the bengals, three road games lost opportunities that i think they should have won. >> zach irts two touchdowns can they be successful if he's the main target? >> it's the number one priority offseason. zach and carson wentz got on the same page late. carson wentz missed most of the preseason. zach was injured early in the year. when they got chemistry going, it was a good connection for the philadelphia eagles. >> now to full highlights with jeff scaversky in the zone. jeff? >> new year's resolution, beat the cowboys with a positive out look 2017. not only do they start off on the right foot doug pederson

believes they are close to being a playoff team come 2017 season. let heaps so. eagles have been painful to watch but mike trout supports the team. second quarter against dallas, tony romo comes in first game in a year. fans booing. eagles down 10-3. then mark sanchez comes in for the cowboys. sanchez not as lucky. he has more completions jordan hicks than his own receivers. two to go, sanchez picked off by hicks. hicks has the most interceptions by an nfl linebacker in the last two seasons. wentz to irts for the touchdown. eagles tie a ten. third quarter, back to irts, 13o

touchdowns and finishes with the eagle season in catches, touchdowns. tight end, that guy. then who gets the ball? mike trout. thank you, carson. eagles win 27-13, finish 7-9 for the second straight year, wentz finishes with the most completions by a rooky quarterback ever most of them to a tight end in irts. they desperately need help at receiver. only one had fewer yards per catch than wentz so the eagles will pick 14th or 15th in the draft in philadelphia april 27th, a coin flip decides that. >> thank you, jeff. they win the last two games of the season to finish on a high note. what does that signify? >> giants needed a bounce back win and they fought.

don't confuse charity with achievement. basically, the cowboys arreste a lot of starters. they should have beat the giants and coy boys two months ago. >> jamie apody worked the locker room. she tells us it was a bittersweet game for the birds. >> for the eagles, the meaning in the game came from pulling together to fight for a win, two game winning streak is a positive to draw from as 2017 begins. >> guys are excited the last couple of weeks. we improved between carson and myself. the last two games have been huge drawing momentum into next year. we feel good about where we are as a team. we don't feel like we are

trennintrending out. >> to win with two games, or to win the last two before the offseason will give us momentum. >> it but it's getting old for the veterans that see the clock ticking on superbowl chances. >> it's frustrating. you never know how many you have left when you get up there in age. i want to win a championship. the city wants to win a championship. this can't happen next year. >> despite the positivity i saw in the locker room, we have emotion and frustration from sellic. he have's a ten year veteran, career eagle and his last playoff win came eight years ago. ducis and sal? >> what changes might we see next season and wayne johnson

talks about what effect his suspension had on the eagle record. >> action sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ ♪

>> ♪ ♪ >> saland ducis with you on sports sunday. there are many areas to improve on the eagle's football team. what did you see this quarter and is today? you've to look at tony romo. he hasn't played in 13 months, six plays, 81-yards beginning with the third and 11. tony romo was not blitzed. schwartz didn't call a blitz. when you don't call a blitz, it should be press man coverage then the pass interference call setting them up in the red zone the touchdown pass from tony romo to terrence williams, boom

you are in the endzone, six plays, 81-yards. he hasn't played 13 months. eagles let him go 81-yards and he calls it a day. they need quarters and they need to blitz. that's an important change they have to make on defense. >> let's play what if. what if lane johnson wasn't suspended for ten months? >> he's putting a lot of blame for the season on himself. >> it's tough. i feel i was the reason we didn't make it this year. i feel like we could have if i didn't get suspended. there is a lot on my mind. i have a lot of anger in, in me. hopefully it will create a monster out of me. i'm looking forward to it. >> your reaction? >> keyword is anger. you would have liked to hear a lot mor