drive is cap wd the alsho alshon jeffery touchdown. six for ten with two touchdowns. jeff skversky is live at the link with our post game coverage. jeff? >> >> ducis, carson wentz says the eagles can be dynamic. alshon jeffery and torrey smith preseason starters on nine drives t complete three touchdowns. what do they have to work on in the opener against the redskins, keeping carson wentz off the ground and being consistent. >> whatever it takes to win the game. i don'i want to hold up the tro. that's what i want to see. >> we know we can be dynamic. we had penalties, a couple tonight. those are the biggest things we have to hone in on. >> i feel comfortable with where they are at. their focus is in a couple of weeks. they can get good one-on-one work in the next few practices, and get ready for the regular season. >> the regular season just a few weeks away. the starters the next few weeks will be game planning washington redskins week one. everyone else is fighting for their jobs next thursday on the road against the jets. jeff skversky, "action news." ducis? >> st

they had alshon jefferys, but clearly not good enough for the team. no one is worried one bit. >> definitely not where we want to be but no doubts. we have the right guys. we have the right team. we have to put it together. >> i want today get carson and the offence going and feel the feel of the game before taking them out. it's tough sometimes. these guys are professionals. they have to go execute and play. you know, something to look at and evaluate it. >> every eagle players tells me they are not concerned about the offence. they have special player and the guys to do it. they'll do a little more game planning for next week's game against the dolphins and carson wentz and the starting offense should see the entire half of football to work out tweaks and try to figure this out before the regular season kicks off in a month. ducis? >> next we talk baseball >> to the phillies, let's try our luck off the coast. after being swept by the padres, they start a four game series in san francisco. former philly pence comes up with the single. cameron rough w

joint practice with the dolphins and there's a couple guys on miami's team that will speak on alshon jeffery and talk about the type of guy he is. why they think everything will be all good with alshon this coming season much that's coming up later in sports. acronyms are fun. lol laugh out loud, btw by the way, and of course, wbyceiydbo we'll buy your car even if you don't buy ours hey, what if i wanted to sell my car? wbyceiydbo! wbyceiydbo? we'll buy your car even if you don't buy ours wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo!! wbyceiydbo wbyceiydbo!! wbyceiydbo! wbyceiydbo!!! wbyceiydbo!!! no, no, we're cool. i got you. ok. it's the right thing to do. ♪ carmax music sting ♪ >>> a man is on the run after he allegedly exposed himself to a motel employee in mt. laurel, new jersey. police say this guy a repeat offender. they say approach a female employee who was cleaning a room at the super eight motel. the employee says he called her out and exposed himself. so she lock herself in room and called police. the guy got away. they say this is now the third time he's exposed himself to motel employees in the last

insert eagles high priced wide out alshon jeffery. his fourth straight practice due to a shoulder strain he suffered last saturday. it's important for all of to us realize the first game of actual meaning for the eagles isn't until september 10th and that is exactly what head coach doug pederson said today but he's not the one working on timing. here's carson wentz on jeffery missing valuable reps. >> the first week of training camp with alshon the throwing at fargo the spring stuff obviously i wish he would have been out there but things happened. so i'm excited to get him back hopefully as soon as possible. >>> we got some time. to the fun side of camp eagles will be looking for replacement returner darrin sproles gets injured no further than 6-foot four, fletcher cox judging by the reaction a of few players this was offense versus defensive challenge by the coaches jason peters dropped his nice hands by fletcher cox. the best part is philadelphia eagles.com taking fletcher cox request on twitter he said he wants to be known as an a

hear what miami dolphins players had to say about him >> some people have been worried about alshon jeffery bell tells us why they shouldn't be. his commentary in 15 seconds. ♪ >>> when all your former teammates and coaches have nothing but great things to say about you, you know you're big time. today adam and jay cutler raised about the type of player jeffrey was it the bears and will be with the eagles. people have been giving jeffrey the side eye over the last couple of weeks. he missed a few practices and he's yet to have a real great chemistry with carson wentz. today both gates and cutler said this dude is a freak athlete and as long as he's healthy he'll produce. i agree with that. it takes more than two preseason games to build up chem tree. they'll good it when you're that type of talent you'll get it sooner rather than later. wentz lost security blanket in jordan matthews. he'll you of about to find a bigger better one. 6-foot 3215 pounder with 4.4 speed. i'll have no worries he'll become a ridiculous type of player and he'll shine brighter than that solar eclipse. >> it wasn't s

these guys scratch, we will get pressure from that d line. >> now secondary did not have to cover alshon jeffery eagles best wide out missed his second straight practice with the shoulder injury. team says it is minor. bleeding green nation is reporting that the team will take a cautious approach and jeffery will not play in the first plea season game at green bay on august 10th. stay tune. >>> opportunity is knocking on jake thompson's door when phillies traded jeremy hellickson thompson made leap from the minors to the rotation. tonight he gets start against angels in anaheim first pitch at 10:07. >>> we have west coast baseball, most people sleeping when these things end last night phillies ran into albert pujols a two run double and angels go up two-one. then in the seventh with two men on, pujols, greed is good he wants some more. this time a three run shot. phillies lou seven-one your final score. candidate for play of the year in baseball red sox/indians austin jackson going back to the track the wall makes the grab and, yes. >> wow. >> he completes the play, in the bull pen. >> wow. >> a

alshon jeffery's nagging injuries are behind him or so we think. plus we'll find out who returned to the field today. and carson wentz' only focus is on his game action. he speaks on the task ahead, next in sports. >>> we hope you're enjoying your friday night. it's been over seven months since carson wentz has thrown a pass against an opponent. that will come to a close six days from now as the eagles open up a slate of games against the green pay pabay packers, a game can see on nbc 10. the sam bradford situation worked itself out. wentz spent time working on his mechanics and footwork and we'll finally get a true measure of the progress he's made when he laces them up at the not so frozen tundra of lambeau field. >> that's the nature of training camp, you're excited. green bay coming, then we have our sights set on washington, week one. at the same time, we try not to get ahead of ourselves. we're still in training camp mode. you have to fight that battle every day. >> staying with the birds, wide receiver alshon jeffery missed a fourth straight

how about alshon jefferys, first touchdown of the preseason, nice slant. eagles tie it up at 14. so torrey smith and alshon jeffery combining for 85 yards and a couple of touchdowns. carson wentz and the starters are done in the first quarter. in come the backups, corey clement continues to do it in the running game. a touchdown. tied up at 21. michael kendricks coming up with another big interception. how about a pick six here. the eagles beat the dolphins, 38-31. doug pederson and carson wentz explain why they only played for a quarter. >> you know, we've got such good situational work during the week. we didn't have to go fully live. i got to see different looks and coming out and putting the other couple drives. we all kind of said we've seen enough. and yeah, that was coach's decision at the end of the day. >> you think about it, we don't really play full football games on 48 hours rest. monday, tuesday, was pretty intense for both teams. it felt like we got good work. that was part of the reason why i was able to pull them out. >> reporter: we talk a

the eagles say alshon jeffery's shoulder sprain is behind them.t declaration the receiver was a bystander again today. jeffery missed his fourth straight day of practice today with the players off tomorrow coach he'd son says -- pederson says he wants to give him a day of rest. blunt back after missing two days to attend to a personal issue. >> eagles quarterback carson wentz spent the off season working on his throwing mechanics and foot work with a specialist who has also trained tom brady now in camp wentz says slight changes are second nature although doug pederson and the other eagles coaches will remind him from time to time. >> you trust your coaches. sometimes when you seek outside sources and different things you got to try and find the happy medium. i don't just trust everybody that has an opinion. >> even your agent says go back to what you know. the thing with carson he can press on with the new teaching and the information that he's been given and that's the growth he's going done a great job. >> wentz is noticeably more comfortable i

i want you to insert eagles high priced wide out alshon jeffery here. straight practice to a soldier strain lat saturday. the first game of actual meaning for the eagles isn't until september 10th. and that is exactly what head coach doug pederson said today but he's not the one working on timing. here's carson wentz on jeffery missing valuable reps. >> the first week of training camp with alshon the throwing in fargo, the spring stuff obviously i wish he would have been out there but thing happen. i'm excited to get him back hopefully as soon as possible. >>> to the fun side of camp eagles looking for replacement punter returner in sproles gets injured. look no further than fletcher fox cock. judging by reaction of the players, this was offensive versus defensive challenge laid out by the coaches. jason peters dropped his. the best part is philadelphia eagles.com taking fletcher cox request on twitter where he said he wants to be known as an athlete from here on out. not just a defensive lineman. ask and you shall receive. hit up the eagles website you

eagles receiver alshon jeffery has catching up to do, a little behind at eagle camp.with his shoulder injury. by no means are the eagles concerned or worried about the edition. there is time for jeffrey and carson wentz to work it out. >> there is not much alshon can't do. if it's a matter of getting him in the right spot. you were eluding to with the questions, make sure he and carson are on the same page for the continuity we want. >> corey clement is giving wendell smallwood a run for his money for the final running back spot on the roster. coach is surprised by clement in camp on and off the field. he compares him to a car. >> he does it all well. he reminds me of one of those old school honda athe clerk will record thaccord.you can put a ln it. you know what i'm saying? >> it's third down. i have to catch the ball out the backfield. >> zach prescott says the cowboys not the eagles will win. eagles will not play dallas for three months. >> don't tell the phillies it's pretty in california. they are 0-11 in the state of california. they are having giant problems on

in the first in the red zone carson wentz finds alshon jeffery that is a touchdown. he went six for 10, 129-yard, two touchdowns and a pick. cj smith tip michael kendricks gets the pick and takes it back to the house. his third consecutive game with the int. eagles win this 38-31. >> i feel confident, thankful for the most part everybody is pretty healthy too. i think this owe even if was a good showing. interception was unfortunate and, for starters it is exciting to get ready for washington. >>> phillies and marlins reese hoskins is killing it, in the second a solo shot, to left, that is 400 feet, his eighth home run in 15 big league games but unfortunately phillies lose nine-eight. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. hoskins. >>> 5:46 on a friday, tgif. no problems, kind of quiet this morning, except this overnight project still with us 22nd and 23rd street closed at jfk boulevard doing a big cement power for a future high rise downtown, pennsy turnpike not bad at all, right now, quiet on the blue route from broomall down to i-95, you are good to go, in pro

alshon jeffery has been limited in camp. >> seems a long time coming. i'm not sure if he will play or not. hopefully, he does and we'll get the chemistry, the relationship out on the field in live situations. >> still ahead in sports, >> if philadelphia soul are getting ready for the arena bowl. it will be their fourth appearance in the past six years. today the champ visited "6abc." >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we have the philadelphia soul take over the news room. >> a crowd of large players hung out in the news room. co-owner ron worth is pumped. >> to defend the championship is tremendous. it's one game. we play a good team in tampa. we think we'll win the football game. bring it on. >> mark your calendars. the arena bowl, august 26th, a week from saturday, "6abc" will block the contest. the game starts at 7:00. ceremonial first pitch at fenway park tonight. a fan got the honor. watch and say a prayer for the photographer. that will change your week. even the fan had to cringe seeing where the pitch ended up. my goodness. >> are you okay?

alshon jefferys worked out on his own missing his third straight day with a shoulder issue.ilar has vowed to learn from his recent struggles. >> last year happened for a reason. it put me in the mindset i'm in today. i have to compete everyday. >> the mindset now? >> i feel great. at the end of the day the most important thing is to compete. i work on my technique and body. end of the day, it's to compete. competition, man. guys want to take your spot and guys want to earn a spot. you have to fight. >> running back derek blunt, you have to fight. >> running back derek blunt, more arrests it's blinds to go's anniversary summer bogo sale. buy any blinds or shades and take half off your next item. all blinds! all shades! the entire store! buy one get one half off. it's our biggest sale of the year! come celebrate and save. blinds to go. blinds for life. it's blinds to go's anniversary summer bogo sale. buy any blinds or shades and take half off your next item. all blinds! all shades! the entire store! buy one get one half off. it's our biggest sale of the year! come celebrate a

in the first in the red zone carson wentz find alshon jeffery across middle, carson went six for 10, 129-yard, two touchdowns and a pick. in the second off cj smith tip michael kendrick get the pick, his third consecutive game with the int. eagles win this thing 38-31. >> i feel confident. i'm thankful for the most part everyone is pretty healthy too i think this owe even if tonight was a good showing for us, interception was inn fortunate but we have moved the ball well and, for starters it is exciting to start getting ready for washington. >>> reese hoskins is killing it, still in the second that is a solo shot, to left, that is 400 feet his eighth home run in 15 big league games but unfortunately phillies lose nine-eight. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> right now hurricane hunters are investigating hurricane harvey, coming up new information about on what to expect with this hurricane for texas and also, our weekend forecast. ♪ it's time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on b

wide receiver alshon jeffery after being out for a shoulder injury. >> it feels good. >> no problems?> no, i'm good. >> do you think you're going to play on thursday? >> i hope so. i have to wait and see what they tell me and just play it cool. >> do you think you missed anything much? >> even though i didn't practice with my team, i've been running on the side. i feel pretty good. >> something about that smile kind of breaks through all the malaise there. >>> carson wentz looked great out there. the cardinals didn't lose much of the season. the priority has been on camp. >> it's kind of been one of those things. we take advantage of what our defense does. they're pretty aggressive with a lot of things so that's part of it. we've had some shots and opportunities there, and we have a couple guys who can fly sorks we wa -- so we want to take advantage of it when we can. >> defensive coordinator jim schwartz were asked if corners were currently on the roster. >> i think that's why we play pre-season games and practice. all of those guys are showing something. i don't know that anybody is

. >> alshon jeffery missed his fourth straight practice today. eaglessist insist he's past his shoulder strain. coach doug pederson admits the team is being cautious. >> we are not playing a game. i have seen a lot from him, more than you have seen. i'm comfortable where he is with offense. i want to be sure her's healthy going into the season. >> la garrett blunt returns today. >> carson wentz continues to earn the praise of his teammates. wentz is more comfortable in the pocket, calling it night and day. >> no practice tomorrow. wentz says he's looking forward to getting rest. >> arm is feeling good, but it's the dog days of camp. everyone is getting sore, tired, a little fatigued. when we have time off in the training room, getting an ice patch, doing the normal things. i feel good. >> still ahead in sports, the temple owls are getting used to t comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would

will the eagles play wide receiver alshon jeffery in the preseason home opener against the bills. that is next at 5:00. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. >>> nbc 10 is the official home of the philadelphia eagles. as we approach the preseason home opener, there are questions who will take the field. >> will a alshon jeffery the wide receiver be sidelined by inju injury? we have john clarke joining with us the story. what are you seeing, john? skwlel wx we didn't see him in the first game, but the fans can't wait to see the bird's big signing, and we are expecting him to make the eagles' debut thursday night. that is alshon and the eagle's number one receiver and maybe the best since t. the o. and that long. the eagles feel so good about the receivers now they have traded away the leading receiver jordan matthews. the birds have just been taking it slow with alshon as he heals. >> i am working through

alshon jeffery has been limited in camp. >> seems a long time coming.ure if he will play or not. hopefully, he does and we'll get the chemistry, the relationship out on the field in live situations. >> still ahead in sports, "6abc" catches soul fever. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >> if philadelphia soul are getting ready for the arena bowl. it will be their fourth appearance in the past six years. today the champ visited "6abc." >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we have the philadelphia soul take over the news room. >> a crowd of large players hung out in the news room. co-owner ron worth is pumped. >> to defend the champ

five of those nine attempts went the way of wentz's new favorite target alshon jeffery, connecting twiceite the rest of the offense sputtering, coach john defilippo says progress has been made this offseason. >> the difference is number one, i think a year in the offense has given our guys a lot of confidence on the outside. i think a year of strength. you see nelson agholor playing with a lot more confidence. obviously he's always had a ton of speed. i think you see the confidence in catching the ball outside his body. you see alshon having a big catching radius. i think when you have all those factors and that opens up the middle of the field for zack and trey burton. whenever you have weapons on the outside, it opens up the middle of the field for our backs and tight ends. >> impressive first outing on the defensive side of the ball. it was the man ronald darby, his first game at midnight. green broke up two passes intercepted another. a nice night for any cornerback. his secondary coach says his night should have been more impressive. >> he knows football. he knows coverages. he know

the big story was alshon jeffery playing his first game in midnight green. carson wentz targeted jeffrey typhoon ti five times, connected twice. remember this is the first time they actually played together in a real game scenario. wentz is happy he had a chance to get in rhythm with number 17. >> it was good to get him out there and find opportunities to get some cleegompletions with h. the first couple drives were not what we wanted. stalled out. and then we did finally put one together and had the fumble. so it wasn't what we wanted for the first team oof fencoffense, we'll watch the tape and see where we can get better. >> another bright spot was newcomer ronald darby, he had a pick if the first quarter. get this, howie roseman told john clark jones' return to the field could be a matter of weeks. >> a great skillset and we have to do right by him and make sure that he's a long term building block for the philadelphia eagles. not just for this moment in time. and i think that is the other thing that adds to this trade, is we don't have that pressure to r

alshon jefferys worked out on his own missing his third straight day with a shoulder issue.from his recent struggles. >> last year happened for a reason. it put me in the mindset i'm in today. i have to compete everyday. >> the mindset now? >> i feel great. at the end of the day the most important thing is to compete. i work on my technique and body. end of the day, it's to compete. competition, man. guys want to take your spot and guys want to earn a spot. you have to fight. >> running back derek blunt, more arrests for smallwood. we have more sports after the break. >> the nfl kicked off with a game in carden third quarter cowboys, touchdown. dallas wins 20-18. finally tonight, what do you get the man who has it all? i'm talking about tom brady, celebrated his 40th birthday today. patriots erected a sign with a goat on it. the team brought in real goats to mark the occasion. little secret i plan on giving you the same thing for your birthday. >> how wonderful that would be. >> i have a huge sports story here. the channel6 softball team moved a step close tore the champions

alshon jeffery says he wants to make his bird's debut thursday night, but he's not sure he will. no one is really sure. he did participate more in practice today. the shoulder is okay now, and alshon stayed after practice to work with the young receivers. and i asked about helping them and mentoring them. >> it's all about getting better. >> reporter: trying to win a championship. and alshon went against ronald darby today. he says he's a great player, he has good speed. darby is getting back to playing plan to man defense. eagles did give him number 35 because of legarrette blount switching his number. darby doesn't really like 35, he wants his old number from the bills back. >> oh, yeah, this number is horrible. i'm going to try to get out of it as fast as possible pipe tryitr. trying to work through things. so something between. >> 35 is not the new 25 for darby. look at in catch today at ghoias catch? odell beckham jr., almost a daily thing. and ronald darby did well against odell a year ago. one more time. the eagles will not see jordan matthews. he has chipped fracture in h

everyone has talked about alshon jeffery, torey smith and lagarrette blount being brought in this offeason but there has been one guy that stood out in particular, marcus johnson, tell us about him. >> marcus brown, that is right it is interesting because he was on the practice squad last year with the eagles. he had an injury. if he wasn't injured there was a, you know, looked at wide receiving core from last year, he should have been on this team. he has been doing nothing but, making plays, again, all of the different corners going through here. he took all of alshon jeffery 's work yesterday and he is looking like a legitimate wide receiver with nice speed, route running and even carson wentz mentioned his play yesterday. he is a guy that can make a roster. >> he has got to be good on special teams. we will find out about that. >> how about one guy, kind of forgotten because we talk about jefferies so much, torey smith, jordan matthews and nelson agholor there has been good reports of him. >> when you are not the guy anymore you don't have to be relied on as number one wide receiv

at the linc tomorrow for their second preseason game and we're expecting to see the debuts of alshon jeffery and ronald darby. eagles head coach doug petersen says carson wentz won't get much more playing time than he did in the first game. we asked carson what he expected from the crowd. >> expecting them to be loud honestly. for a pre-seen gaseason game, y know, but this is philly, they are ready for it. so i expect to be rocking even though it is just preseason. >> 36,000 eagles fans showed up at the last open practice at the linc. nbc 10 of course your official eagles station and only place to watch the game. tomorrow it's eagles/bills. live coverage begins at 6:00 with keith jones and john clark. and kickoff at 7:00. >>> a case of lost and found. mary graeme lost her diamond in-gaenin in-gaenlment ring when she was digging in the garden. and a family member found it while digging up a carrot. >> come on. >> yes, the ring had grown around the carrot. there is no saying why it seok so long for the carrot to pop up, but she's happy to have her treasure back. >> so she lost the ring, just o

how about alshon jeffery and the new cornerback ronald darby expected to play. is going to be good to to see alshon lininging up with torrey smith, and it look like nelsoningnelson agholor is going to be benched last year, but he is renewed. >> i felt like i talked to him last season, and we all learned lessons that he learned and i don't want to say that he is a a new guy, but i do see a more confident guy. >> my mindset was always to be a better football player everyday and what is earned, i will take the. everything else out here is earned. nothing is given to me. i don't claim anything, and i work for it all. >> and we like to hear that, and the birds did release the last year's rushing injury ryan matthew, and his neck injury has finally healed. the birds have only rushed for 47 yards in the first preseason game, and they want to establish the run thursday night. >> we have a handful of backs that run hard and do good things, so it is going to be interesting to see how that shakes out. we believe no matter who is in the backfield with the o-line that we hav

eagles top free agent alshon jeffery missed four straight practices but they say he is healthy.pederson allowed him to rest his sprained shoulder for one more day, lagarrette blount is back in action after missing three days of practice for personal reasons. last season he led nfl in rushing touchdowns but here, in philly, he is not quite sure where he stand. >> i'm still not 100 percent sure, where i fit in the games we will see how things shake up with the games. we will see how we want to do things. you never know. >> who will get it up in there and he will get tough yard and we just to have block for him. >> fair enough. >> everybody loves a good red trip but it is all fun and games until they have a car break down in the middle of no where with no cell service. sounds scary? maybe that is how phillies feel. they were swept in anaheim last night, they who first three games of their eight game road trip and tonight they visit colorado with vince velasquez on the bump, highlights at 11:00. >>> tiger woodies keeping busy during his hiatus from golf, he posted this to his twitte

new receiver alshon jeffery a couplely of times as he builds chem tree with the new wide out. newly acquired cornerback ronald darby also impressed with one interception and nearly another against his old team. nice day for the eagles defense the birds beat the gills 20-16. counting down to monday and our big event. >> coming up protecting your kids during the solar eclipse. we'll share advice for parents and caregivers about children and viewing glasses. plus we're not getting a total solar eclipse here so what will we see on monday? franklin institute chief astronomer derek pits breaks it all down for us coming up >>> ♪ >>> welcome back. we're now just days away from the solar eclipse, and excitement you can say is building. >> indeed it is. but before you can be eyewitness to history doctors are warning another difficulties and kids to take proper precautions. as we've been telling you over the last several days you can seriously hurt your eyes if you look directly at the the eclipse without the correct eye protect. doctors say parental supervision is critical to making sur

this time looking to wide receiver alshon jeffery from 15-yard out, wentz finish six of 10, two touchdowns and one interception. eagles win 38-31. here's more on the eagles defense. >> reporter: once again pre season game number three in the books, eagles taking on the my aim dolphins. earlier in the show we told you about owe even if and carson wentz. they were somewhat sharp. defense, that is a whole other story. lets show you how new comer ronald darby did in this game and here we are in the first quarter, and he gets beat by devonty parker a 72-yard gain, and dolphins would later score a touchdown on that drive. meanwhile, linebacker michael kendrick is balling. here we are in the second quarter picks off matt moore, kendricks with his third pick in three preseason games and that is a pick six. bird defense spotty but showed promise, bird win 38-31. >> we had a lot of take aways. so i feel like we had our ups and downs. my mistake but as a defense i feel we did very well. >> reporter: next time we see the starting defense will be september 10th in the season opener at washington. >>> c

now, 5 of those 9 attempts went the way of wentz's new favorite target, alshon jeffery.lus, despite the rest of the offense sputtering, the quarterback coach says progress has been made this off season. >> the difference is number one, i think a year in the offense has given our guys a lot of confidence on the outside. i think a year of strength, i think you see nelson aguilar playing with a lot more confidence. he's always had a ton of speed. i think you see the confidence in catching the ball inside his body. i think you see alshon having a big catching radius. so i think when you have all those factors and that opens up the middle of the field for zach and for trey burton. whenever you have weapons on the outside, it opens up the middle of the field for our backs and tight ends. >> the other side of the ball, an impressive first outing at midneat green for ronald darby. broke up two passes, intercepted another. a nice night, but the coach said his night should have been even more impressive. >> he knows football, coverages. he knows what to play, just a different verb

star wide out alshon jeffery was out with the shoulder injury, torey smith had back spasm and lagarretteunt was excused for personal reason. now we are talking about practice. eagles back at it after a off day, their first live practice which means that they tackle to the ground. they didn't do so much when chip kelly was here. they didn't do that sort of thing. doug i fresh believes in physical practice. >> they say you cannot evaluate until they put pad on whole different game with the pad on. >> long day but you get used to it. we will play some games when it is very hot. good day. sun was out. it wasn't raining. we had fun. >> big thing is for young guys , been a while since they have gotten hit and used to that contact. it is good to build competitiveness as well but definitely for young guys it goodies for them to show what they can do. >> it is part of the conditioning process of the body and mind and understanding that football is a physical game and we need to do this from time to time. >> on the hoops, sixers have new uniforms. again. but this time, they are made by nike and th

action for most of the first team players , carson wentz is expected to play one or two series, alshon jeffery may not play at all. for players seeing action jordan hicks, says it is all about shaking off the rust. >> you know, getting in the game and get those jitters out a little bit, everybody has jitters going in. first hit of the game is always like a whole lot of injury for guys. >> well, phillies return to south philadelphia tonight to take on mets, vince velasquez will take on jake on degray but batting seventh playing left field phillies pried prospect reese hopkins. fans have been wanting to see him get pro meted for a long time hitting .284 and leading international league in home runs. he and matt klentak talked about the promotion. >> reese has continued to hit. i don't want to discount importance of that, reese has handled himself incredibly well, you know, really from the beginning of the season until right now he has done exactly what he has needed to do and he has been a great teammate bit. he is here. he is ready to help. >> crew gave an update for the radio phillies/mets gam

no word on alshon jeffery as to when he is looking forward to playing at lambeau. >> aim excited for it. i grew up brett favre fan, followed vikings a lot. neff been to lambeau. it will be a cool atmosphere for some of these rookies we're talking this is your first ever game in lamb he field, that is pretty cool. i'm exited to check it out as well. >> on to baseball phillies open up a two game series at the plant, first time offerings will hit the field since passing of legend darren daulton. on sunday dutch died after a four year fight with brain cancer. >> best team leader i have ever seen in sports, really, since i have been involved in the game of baseball. it is, it hurt a lot. he was a great person. guys really wanted to win. taught me so much about the game. we will miss him. >> all right. on to the nba sixers and virtua holding their third annual youth basketball clinic camden. 900 kid participating over a three-year period. jahlil okafor has been the forgotten man in the process. it is something that he has to deal with. >> i hear trade rumors, stuff like that, realizing tha

finishing 6 for 9 for 56 yards. 5 of those 9 attempts went the way of wentz's new favorite target, alshon jeffery the quarterback coach says progress has been made this off season. >> the difference is number one, i think a year in the offense has given our guys a lot of confidence on the outside. i think a year of strength. i think you see nelson aguilar playing with a lot more confidence. he's always had a ton of speed. i think you see the kdz in catching the ball. i think you see alshon having a big catching radius. i think when you have all those factors that opens up the middle of the field for zach and trey burton. whfrb you have weapons on the outside, it opens up field for our backs and tight ends. >> the other side of the ball, an impressive first outing for one ronald darby. broke up two passes, intercepts another. a nice night for any corner back, but the secondary coach said his night should have been even more impressive. >> he knows football. he knows coverage. he knows what to play. it's just a different verbiage. but would have liked to have also seen him snatch the first ball whe

. >> stay wing with the eagles, alshon jefferys missed a fourth straight day with a shoulder injury, but doug petersen says that the injury is no longer an issue and yesterday was more of a rest day. birds are off today before sunday 10:00 a.m. la garre rlegarrette blount wasn the practice field. he was signed after winning a super bowl with the patriots last season. he led the league in rushing touchdowns if you recall. >>> and check this out, a little fun at practice. a couple of the big boys back to receive punts. if they both caught one, doug petersen would end practice early and let's listen for the reaction. you can hear it after cox makes the grab, everybody feeling good on a friday. >>> before we go check in on embiid oig in africa as part of basketball without borders and making this little kid earn his time with the rock. and he gets it and embiid sends it across the court. come up answer for you right there. children beware, he will block everything and anyone. >>> that is your look at sports. i i'm danny pommells, csn. hello, peco. so i'm calling to see if you can help me

the simple additions the receiver positions alshon jeffery and torry smith both who caught touchdownst night are reason enough but i can't help to be the most excited over second year quarterback carson wentz. even after shaky performance by the offensive line, wentz he never looked rattled in his most definitely in total command. here's wentz on finally hooking up with torry smith. >> they were trying to above a coverage little with the safety was trying to roll back but he was flatted and with a guy like torry if they'll stay flat footed he'll run right by them. it was great to do it in front of the fans. fans get real excited about th that. felt really confident in our chem tree with toes guys going back to the spring but to do in a game situation it's good to see. >> over on the defensive side somewhat rough outing for newly acquired cornerback ronald dar darby. i'm being nice there. that's right. darby struggled on a few tackles but that's not what he's here for. he's here for the coverage skills. that's where he was burned on few plays last night. but after all, it's preseason

eagles fan looking forward to seeing the debut of alshon jeffery tomorrow night in the first preseasoname at home. you'd think carson wentz was perfect in the game against green bay last thursday, 4 for 4, perfect quarterback rating, thousand a touchdown but carson says he wasn't perfect, there's things to work on. so, carson, what do you want to see in game two? >> there were some sloppy plays, some sloppy things we got to clean up, some communication things. the biggest thing i've been preaching all offseason, just consistency myself, consistency as a team and we can't have negative plays and then a big play. we got to stay ahead of the chains and i think just be sharp with the little things. >> guess you're never perfect. eagles fans excited about year two of carson. got new weapons on offense. the first round draft pick derek barne barnett. ronald darby. birds finished 7-9 last year. carson said that's never acceptable. the eagles haven't won a playoff game in nine years. lain jau here's nelson aguilar. >> we got great fans behind us. we got great guys in this building that want to

." >>> eagles new receiver alshon jeffery may miss the first preseason game because of a shoulder issue. he said, if the birds win the super bowl, beers are on him. bud lite responded on twitter saying, win it all and the party is on us. lane responded, this one's for you, philly. that's like $15 million in beer. i'm john clark. we'll be right back. >>> isolated afternoon thunderstorms tomorrow. even less activity friday. and a really nice comfortable weekend after some saturday morning showers. >> thanks a lot. >> see you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- halle berry, michael che, musigu

new wide out alshon jeffery and torey smith were held out with minor illnesses.s for physical nature, the team says they build a tough ness that is hard to ignore. >> bunch of the coaches say you cannot evaluate until you put pad on. >> it is a long day but we will get used to it. we will play some games where it will be very hot. good day, sun was out, wasn't raining. we had fun today. >> this is part of the conditioning process of the bodies and mind and understanding that football is a physical game. we need to do this from time to time. >> former sixers and basketball hall of famer allen iverson issued a statement after failing to show up on three on three basketball game over the weekend. ai apologized to league owner ice cube as well as the fans, he will do his best to make up for his absence moving forward , the league says it will hold off on making a statement until they get all of the facts, iverson plays and coaches for threes company in the new eight team league. >> i was telling unite before that game i was at an event where allen iverson was there a

. >> bird secondary did not have to cover all pro alshon jeffery, the man expect to be the bird bestide out missed his second straight practice with a shoulder injury. eagles say it is minor but bleeding green nation reports jeffery will in the play in the first preseason game, again that game is a week from tonight at green bay. >>> tomorrow, cbs-3 summer fest head to avalon and stone harbor so i will go down the shore to try my hand at water skiing, see more of how i did, it got ugly, it won't lie plus fly boarding see more of that less of me falling and more have my flying, all beginning tomorrow morning on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >>> tail of two towns, avalon and stone harbor we will showcase their beautiful beaches and sweet shops on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a.m. and continuing all day long. >> i'm impress by fly boarding , that is really hard. >> that was fun, water skiing, really beat my legs up which you'll see tomorrow, it got ugly but fly boarding is fun. >> thanks, patrick. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" we will tell what you anthony scaramucci, the marches pl

later wentz found alshon jeffery on a 15-yard touchdown pass. nice one right there. and the starters played just one quarter but it was a good one. >> i feel good. i feel confident. i'm thankful for the most part everyone is pretty healthy too so i think this offense tonight was a good showing for us. like i said the interception was unfortunate but we moved the ball well and for the starters it's exciting to start getting ready for washington. >> the birds visit the jets next week. >>> the philadelphia soul have been on a mission this season but that mission is not complete. the soul hope to cap it off with a win over tampa bay tomorrow in the arena bowl. jeff skversky is live at the wells fargo center with a preview. jeff. >> reporter: hey, ducis. the soul are the winningest professional sports organization in the city since 2004 and guess what, they are back in the arena bowl for a fifth time and they have a rare opportunity tomorrow night to win the arena bowl here on their own turf. this is what they'll be defending tomorrow night. this is what's up for grabs th

both wide receivers alshon jeffery and torrey smith missed practice with minor injuries. >> they gave catch. it was more like gymnastics. >> it really was. the fact he held onto it was impressive. >> give him an olympic gold medal. >>> it may not come as a surprise that those kitchen sponges we all have right there in our kitchens are infested with germs. bad news, cleaning them doesn't actually work so how often should you replace them. >> mystery still surrounds the discovery of a body on a maryland beach. the strange theory police have on what happened. >> this is new video showing a 12-foot long grate white shark trying to take bite out of an under water camera. it happened during a research trip off the coast of cape cod on monday. the scientist was safely holding the camera with a pole from aboard the boat. amazingly, look at those teeth, the camera wasn't damaged. >> hm. >> wow. >> looks like that shark needs flossing. >> let's head outside this morning. delco we're looking good along 95. overnight construction here has cleared. taillights headed northbound toward the blue rout

that first test, eagles back to practice, this morning, at the link, and so is eagles receiver alshon jefferyince last sunday because of a minor shoulder injury. jeffery tells six abc it feels great to be back and he says his right shoulder is fine. but eagles number one receiver is limited in practice, only participating in individual drills. out on the field to day, taking the link, by storm, eagles fans going nuts, as they go on the field and eagles receivers have been beating up on the corner, defensive coordinator jim schwartz says he still does not know who his starting corners will be and if they are even on the roster right now. >> you know, solid guys, or solid starters in those positions but we're still in the middle of a competition, being consistent and winning, winning match ups, consistently, you know, we're still working in progress there. i don't think that is any secret. >> that is type of coach he is he wants guys to prove it. he wants consistent guys on the field. everybody on this team is okay with. that you want to win over coaching staff and players on the team. >> carso

. >>> one of the biggest concerns with the eagles after second preseason game was alshon jeffery. were not in step. yesterday doug pederson addressed alshon's progression >> he is working, getting reps whether he is not in, but off on the side, getting reps when he is in there. he is right where they need to be. everybody makes mistakes. it is that time of the year. we have aloft football in right now and he is doing well >>> to the phillies and giants in the eighth bases loaded tied at two, the new guy coming through in the clutch. after a two run single to give phillies a four-two lead they went on to win five-two splitting the four game series with the giants. to the mets and the marlins jean carlos stanton, man he is at it once again this doodies out of this world, a three run bomb his forty-fifth of the year. lead majors in home runs. marlins went on to win six- four. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> 4:26. counting down to the major cosmic event, coming up at 4:30 frenzy's building as we get near that total solar eclipse? will our cloud cooperate? scott williams

. >> yes, we should see the players playing for eagles, alshon jeffery and the new cornerback ronald darby. this is carson wentz today, and he has been the first out there for the practice, and stayed after practice for extra work with the receivers and signed autothe graph s fs for the fans invited to camp. remember, 36,000 bird fans at the link for the last practice, and hey, carson, what do you expect thursday night for the game? >> i am expecting them to be loud honestly, and for a preseason game, you never know what to expect, but this is phillie -- philly and they are hungry. in the middle of the camp when we are kind of towards the end, you have to go against the defense so many time, and you ready for opponent, and so we are thankful for the opportunity in preseason, but, yeah, trying not the be too antsy for week one. >> he is thankful to get hit by somebody else, and that is how much he loves football. nbc 10 is your official eagles' station, and the only place to watch the birds. it is going to be the birds and the bills at the link. keith jones and i will kick off the lif

the big story was alshon jeffery playing his first game in midnight green. jeffrey five times, connected twice. remember this is the first time they actually played together in a real game scenario. wentz is happy he had a chance to get in rhythm with number 17. >> it was good to get him out there and find opportunities to get some completions with him. the first couple drives were not what we wanted. stalled out. and then we did finally put one together and had the fumble. so it wasn't what we wanted for the first team offense, but we'll watch the tape and see where we can get better. >> another bright spot was newcomer ronald darby, he had a pick in the first quarter. get this, howie roseman told john clark jones' return to the field could be a matter of weeks. >> a great skillset and we have to do right by him and make sure that he's a long term building block for the philadelphia eagles. not just for this moment in time. and i think that is the other thing that adds to this trade, is we don't have that pressure to rush him back maybe a week too soon, two

morning i'm sean bell one of the biggest concerns with the eagles after second preseason game was alshon jefferynd wentz just was not, in step. doug pederson addressed alshon 's progression. >> he is working, getting reps whether he is in, off to the side, he is getting reps when he is in there he is right where he need to be. everybody makes mistake. it that is time of the year. we have a lot of football in right now. he is doing well. >>> to the phillies and giants in the eighth, bases loaded tied at two, new guide pedro floorman in the clutch. two run single to give phillies a four-two lead. they went on to win five-two splitting, four game series with the giants. >>> to the mets and the marlins, jean carlos stanton, man this guy at it once again this dude's out of this world. three run bomb. his forty-fifth of the year. lead majors in home runs. marlins went on to win six- four. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> the great american eclipse , of course we are watching the sun and eventually we are watching that moon eclipse the sun. do you have your glasses yet? you can still get