>> joining us here once again, on "eagles game plan" eagles coach doug pederson. welcome back to the show. >> look at carson wentz a little bit. coming into the season, the plan was to make a trade with sam bradford, he's thrust in the action. is there anything about carson's game that may have surprised you a little bit. >> missing about three, four weeks of preseason. the last couple games, and then to be thrust into action, you had some unknowns, you didn't know what to expect. the way he came out that first day, led the team, he was playing like a kid in a playgrounded. those are the things as the season went on, as people caught up to him, and the grind of the season, that kind of catches up to a young quarterback, the one thing that stayed consistent is the way he's prepared himself all week, all season long, and really continued to make plays, even up until last thursday. >> the thing that impressed me the most was his poise and the fact that it never seemed to get too big for him. >> right. >> we look here in this first game, watch his first touchdown. >>

few things are certain however and that is carson wentz being the future of the franchise with doug pederson leading him. gm howie roseman addressed the media today and spoke glowing ly of the job pederson did in year number one. >> energy he brings, every day , to that football team and just hearing our players talk about how much they love playing for him, that is something really promising, we're really exited to see what we have in store going forward. he does i great job with our rookie quarterback and rest of our team. tremendous tribute to him and his character for what he went through this year. how the team played for him. >> tonight one of the better rivalriness our city is back in the spotlight as flyers welcome the rangers to town. new york is coming off an ugly four-one loss at home to the sabres while flyers have lost four in a row. goalie steve mason looks forward to the challenge. >> it will be a great test, it is always fun playing against rangers coming back from a tough road trip. sometimes there is a little bit of lay. they are a tough team to come from behind so we want

>> i can tell you doug pederson will be back next year. roseman remains general manager. are on both sides of the ball. i wouldn't be surprised if they make subtle changes to the staff. >> to coordinators or below that? >> i don't want to speculate. they'll get together to find out what changes they need to make. when you underachieve and miss the playoffs, you have to figure things out. >> how long of a leash do you think pederson and howy rosen get? >> there is a loot of pressure on the team for the next 12 months. carson wentz, the draft in philadelphia next year and another first round pick, you have to get the team right. the team has to be right next year. my view, they have to make the playoffs. >> wow. quickly, any of the two coordinators, they get right? >> probably not t. >> well said. succinct from sal pal antonio. i'm ducis rogers. the eagles finish 7-9. we'll talk to you again next week. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can e

not only do they start off on the right foot doug pederson believes they are close to being a playoffso. 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

jeffrey, joe and doug pederson, no secret they are in for a wipe out. what is pederson looking for? football. do they make plays? ball is thrown, do they catch it? >> temple howls lost three straight six of the last seven. fran duncey not a happy camper. friends smile. trust me. second half, mark williams two of 16 points, owls with owls beat mem fuss 77-66. aj with 35 points to face the quakers. la salle led by johnson penn, 77-74. >> big five win for the quakers. goodwin for a young people. la salle wasn't happy. >> jimmy "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline." guests tonight martin short and music from lady about bell lum. >> "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow. with cecily tynan jamie apody the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dicky: from hollywood, it's “jimmy kimmel live”! tonight -- martin short. from “gold,” edgar ramirez. we play big hair baby bingo, and music from lady antebellum. and now, quite simply, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hello, everyone. i'm jimmy. welcome. thank you for watching. tha

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and to break that down, who better than the rookie head coach himself doug pederson.s a little tape study with him and our own ike reese.

. >> doug pederson believes they are close. let's hope so. it's been brutal.fs in the last five of six years. the eagles finish strong and coach pederson heads to the new year believing they are close to being a playoff team. mike trout is a die hard, second quarter against dallas, tony romo first game in more than a year. fans boo. >> eagles down 10-3. then mark sanchez comes in and linebacker jordan hicks has two interceptions this with two to go in the half. hicks is most picked by a linebacker in the nhl. >> carson wentz, eagles tie at ten. most passes by a rooky. back to irks. catches yards and receiving touchdowns and look who receives the ball next. mike trout. thank you, carson. hands it to the eagles, 27-13 the final, winning their second straight. now to jamie apody for more. >> so close and yet so far. they said in the locker room the take away is that they were a play short here and there in most losses. they are 7-9 but they feel closer than ever. >> we are building something special. we believe that in the locker room. i said it to all of the guy

all those people calling for doug pederson's job needs to knock it out. in those set of circumstances are great. andy reid the most successful head coach this eagles franchise ever seen went five and 11. this team is headed in the right direction, they do need to make major upgrades take it to the next level. the biggest thing is a get a play maker. i don't care what side of the ball it is. they need one guy that changes an entire game. that's what this team lacks, they won't an odell beckham junior, whether he touches the ball on that matter. if that happens, a seven and nine team can turn into a 12 and four team, iain >> thank you. >>> carrie fisher's daughter has a message to fans after the death of her mother and grandmother referring to them by nicknames, billy lord writes referring all your prayers and kind words given me strength during a time i thought strength could not exist. there are no words to express i will miss my one and only mom. your love and support means the world to me. lord is an actress current starring on scream queens. >> we're l

carson wentz, doug pederson wrapping up their rookie years with a nice shoechlg second degree quarter, ertz had himself on a day, 13 catches, the eagles down three in the they should it is the same connection again. wentz to ertz from 20 yards how the. zach ertz who touchdowns. but the ball goes to who? that's mike ttrout. finish the near seven and nine >> it's good to finish strong get two wins this within a kicking off the year the right way >> we didn't end the year the way we wanted a as far as in the wind-loss, to win the last two games, i think you'll give us a lot of confidence heading into it >> it was a rough year for eagles fans but at least found the silver lining. that, of course, in the play of rook carson wentz. >> birds, carson wentz. pederson, everybody doing a great job. looking forward to next season. >> this is eagles nation and he we bleed green good or bad. go eagles. all of that. >> more coming up in sports. >>> for penn state the been quite a while for them to be able to stop and smell roses. tomorrow, they will find themselves taking on usc in the rose ball whe

this week i spoke to philly legend dick vermeil who gave head coach doug pederson some advice before the season. >> just be yourself doug. you've had a great background as a player. you've had a great background with andy reid. you're ahead of the game starting out. you know what pro football saul about. you have assembled a good staff. now let them coach and go to work and always be honest with the kids and make sure they know that you care about them. >> had a great conversation with dick vermeil. he told me the one thing that carson wentz really needs to improve on, must improve on. hear the rest of our conversation after the texans and patriots game. coverage starts at 8:00 right here on cbs3. good times with dick vermeil. >> can't wait to hear. thanks don appreciate that. >>> still ahead, one of philadelphia's most treasured landmarks celebr >> easton state penitentiary commemorating the martin luther king holiday weekend. they hosted a discussion on dr. king's letter from birmingham jail. the 1963 letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. king wrote injusti

about teams in the nfl playoffs and not the eagles and carson wentz says he never wants this and doug pedersoney were close but the general manager said they were not close. that is the question and coach speak obviously we are close but laying the realistic viewpoint which is they are not close and encouraging things the general manager said and says 10-6 were not good enough and thought it was good enough for the playoffs and once you get in the playoffs you can do great things and will look at players a different way and i don't know what that means yet and i hope it means he will trust his tenants to pick the right players because his track record has not been that good but encouragedd encouraged tha things are looking good and eagles were not in the playoffs today. >> no they were not and the biggest need for the team to be a perenial team is what?. >> cornerback first. >> over receiver? >> i know, there is dilemma here and carson wentz and play around him and look at the defense side of the football and look at the draft and see the cornerbacks are there is a plethora of cornerbacks that

. >>> what does dick vermeil think about carson wentz, doug pederson?on bell goes one-on-one with the former eagles head coach coming up. >>> welcome to the hyundai sports zone. we're going to talk sixers, don and eric bogner and start with the disappointing afternoon for the flyers in the nation's capitol on their -- off until friday when they return to practice. they play the devils saturday at the to center. they lost for the 11th time in the last 14 games. against the capitals. steve mason. long afternoon in the nation's capitol, down 1-0,s caps win the face-off. justice williams beats mason and makes it 2-0. i have an provorov. owe check kin. matt scores and almost right away, it's him again, and into the net. the caps with a four goal advantage. and they are not finished. the flyers can't clear the rebound, williams scores again, mason is done. he's replaced by michael neuvirth. >> got to work on our game, got to work more, guys are working out there. just maybe working wrong. >> everybody got to take the next pretty much four, five days here. get

. >>> what does dick vermeil think about carson wentz, doug pederson?goes one-on-one with the former eagles head coach coming up. >>> welcome to the hyundai sports zone. we're going to talk sixers, don and eric bogner and start with the disappointing afternoon for the flyers in the nation's capitol on their -- off until friday when they return to practice. they play the devils saturday at the to center. they lost for the 11th time in the last 14 games. against the capitals. steve mason. long afternoon in the nation's capitol, down

and they lost a lot of close ones and just like doug pederson, the players today say they believe they are close. >> we have confidence. we want to go out there and win for them. that's neither here nor there. it's the wins and losses. >> very optimistic, lots to look forward to. i'm excited. ultimately. i think obviously it's disappointing right now the situation we're facing but at the end of the day we've got a lot to look forward too, this group of guys that we have. >> we hope so. how about the 76ers back home tomorrow night. they will won their final game of 2016, the final game of their road trip. head coach brett brown said today he probably won't play the centers together as much as he has been. it really haentd been working. the 76ers lost early in the season to the timberwolves. you've got to love joelle. he hates losing and wants revenge. >> i couldn't stop thinking about it, so tomorrow i'm excited to go up against them again. >> and right now penn state is losing 20-13 to usc in the rose bowl. i'm john clark. happy new year. back to you. >> same to you, john. thanks. gas

the number one thing carson needs to work on and why doug pederson is a good fit.if you interview with philly legend dick vermeil right here on cbs3 >> looks good, sounds good. yes, indeed. >> sound like you're a big fan. >> i am, indeed. we had a great chat. >>> monday is the martin luther king national holiday >> many communities are remembering the legacy of the civil rights icon, temple emmanuel in cherry hill hosted a celebration of unity. dozens turned out to sing and separate. on monday volunteers will participate in community service projects to mark the holiday. kate? >>> the weekend is basically here now. get ready for a little bit of a saturday mess as a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain moves through the area, accumulations of a coating to an inch on the grass around the city. watch out for slippery spots on the road especially with freezing rain or drizzle. clear it out for sunday, more seasonal. the sun return, still chilly compared to the warmth of this it's perfect. it's beautiful. there's nothing we would change about it. it's beautiful. did you

. >> great comments about carson and doug pederson. don't his split thanks, buddy. >> when we come back a celebration fit for 1789. >> reason for gathering in philadelphia that had a century's old feel, we will be right >>> celebrating life and legacy of our nation's found ing fathers. >> fans of the ben franklin hit the streets of philadelphia to solute the philly favorite, on the commemoration of his 311th birthday. >> ♪ >> dozens marched in the procession through olde city to grave sigh at christ church burial ground. ben franklin i am person nate the or was there for the annual event. wreath laying ceremony, also marked the occasion. >>> all right. thanks so much for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns at ten on our sister station w psg the cw philly and, right back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. >>> up next, cbs opening news, from new york, here now is scott pelley. take care family, we will see you tonight. >> pelley: comey under fire. >> all i can tell you is the f.b.i. director has no credibility. >> pelley: d

teams try to delay it as long as possibility head coach doug pederson told us yesterday despite the recordstill feels the birds are very close to contending for a deep playoff run. that may may or may not be true. what is certain reality is setting in. >> it's weird last night and this morning coming in like we're not going to be back here. that same team, that same locker room will never be the same and it's kind of a crappy feeling but it -- we're going to use that now. i know i'm going to personally use that. i never want to have that feeling again. >> it's tough because we know how good of a team we can be and we weren't able to pull off some of the games that we should have pulled out. we had the chance to pull out. but you know what, you got to take it for waits. you got to learn from it. >> reporter: the front office will now focus on tweaking the roster in the off season and through free agency and the draft. the draft incidentally will be held here in philadelphia at the end of april. brian. >> all right, ducis, thank you so much. >>> meanwhile a different hometown football favori

eagles wrapped up their season with a win over their archrival cast al cowboys, carson wentz, doug pederson capped their rookie year with a nice showing, in the second quarter wentz hit zach ertz for 6-yard strike, ertz had himself a day. eagles down three in the third quarter, and same connection again. wentz to ertz, from 20 yards out. and who does wentz give the ball to? that's american league mvp, mike trout. the eagles beat the cowboys 27 to 13. the coach and his quarterback react. >> great to finish strong. two division, you know, opponent, get two wins, this way, and kicking offer the year the right way. >> obviously we didn't ends the year the way we want to in the win-lost call gory, but to win the last two games going into the off season, will give us a lot of confidence. >> went through another rough year. fans however upbeat for next season thanks to rookie quarterback carson wentz. >> go birds. carson wentz. peterson, everyone doing a great job. look forward to next season. >> eagles nation. we bleed green. good or bad. go eagles all day. >> the eagles finish the year seven and

head coach doug pederson is not scheduled to address the media after bird closed out with a win over dallas yesterday but we did hear from the players, as they cleaned out their lockers today. they gave their assessment of the rookie head coach. >> he has been same person all year, every day, regardless if we win or lose, the preparation, the week, the attention to detail and i think, you know, as a team, it kept us together when things, you know, hit the fan a little bit. >> one thing i always appreciated was coach pederson he valued my input, as a rookie, you know, what my opinion is on things, you know , i thought that was awesome for me. >> big day, for the blue and white, penn state currently taking on u.s.c. trojans in the rose bowl in pasadena. live look at penn state's watch party at maggie o'neill 's this drexel hill, tonight the any lions fans trying to get fired up. right now u.s.c. is leading 20 -13 in the second quarter, sports director don bell, he is in paths dean a and, he will have a live report at 11:00. >>> tomorrow night sixers kick off their 2017 portion of the s

the number one thing carson needs to work on and why doug pederson is a good fit.atch my if you interview with philly legend dick vermeil right here on cbs3 >> looks good, sounds good. yes, indeed. >> sound like you're a big fan. >> i am, indeed. we had a great chat. >> i am, indeed. we had a great chat. >>> (male #1) it's a little something i've done every night since i was a kid, empty my pocket change into this old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program. imagine people our age getting life insurance at such an affordable rate. it's true. if you're 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance life insurance through the colonial penn program for less than 35 cents a day, just $9.95 a month. there's no medical exam and no health questions. you know, the average cost of a funeral is over $8,300. now that's a big burden to leave your loved ones. as long as you're 50 to 85, you cannot be turned down b

. >> doug pederson and his rookie head coaching season at seven and nine, cowboys pass a first rounds in the playoffs. >> meanwhile, the penn state nittany lions are playing in their first rose bowl in almost a decade. consider this. last time they visited pasadena, joe paterno was the coach. the team hung out in sunny california over the weekends, they face the sc trojans, same team that beat them in the rose bowl. fans in california are ready to cheer on the squad. >> just incredible, part of group of 150 from harrisburg, pennsylvania, and just incredible to support that. just amazing. >> we're prepared. we're second half team. so down in the first half, don't worry. >> and cbs-3 sports director don bell is in pasadena. he'll have reports from the big game, later today on "eyewitness news". >>> 128 annual rose parade comes before the big game. forty floats will make their way through pasadena, decorated with thousands of flowers, beads, rose parade begins at 11:00 a.m. our time. penn state and usc kicks off 5:00 p.m. >> coming up: search crews will return to lake erie today trying t

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doug pederson believes this team is extremely close and the players feel better about going into this off-season than they did last season. >> we got stability in the head coach and in the quarterback and now you feel like you just got to build around that and add a few things here or there. >> i've been on the team before where people like, we're not making it, they'll just go out here and get things over with. that wasn't this team. we went out, we won the last few games of the season which says a lot about this team in the direction we're heading too. >> they did fight the last month of the season. now coming up at 6:20 we're going to hear from carson wentz and could he and the eagles have a bonding trip to north dakota and where would they stay. keith and erin back to you. >> i can't wait to here where they're going to stay there. >> who would've guessed he would've started 16 games. it's crazy. >> the first quarterback in eight years to do that. >> thank you. >> birds fans still be plenty to be hopeful for. >> the majority of eagles fans optimism can be summed up by the one name

doug pederson getting rid of one of the coaches who players under performed in a big way this year. hugh got the ax later in sports. i'm bruce gordon. i came back from the holiday break a bit nervous. would philadelphia in 2017 continue to produce the kind of manic mayhem that provides for my weekly rants? what was i worried about? first the city's controversial soda tax kicked in. the gouge vest got underway almost immediately. in some businesses jacking prices even before they payed tax and some stores pushing their prices well beyond what the new tax would dictate. on wednesday, yet another candidate stepped forward to challenge philadelphia's em balanced district attorney seth williams in his re-election bid. like most philadelphia republicans, beth grossman is former democrat. she'll target among others donald trump supporters. makes sense both are currently republicans. but when asked whether she actually voted for the president-elect, grossman zipped her lips. >> it doesn't matter who i vote forward one way or the other. >> reporter: actually it kind of does if you're asking

all that will be deci decided by jeffrey lurie, doug pederson and of course howie.hey'll have the next several months to do so. another sub par season isn't good enough. not for this city. we're thirsty for the playoffs today howie roseman said the plan isn't to make the playoffs. it's to do much, much more. >> when we started this last off season and started to put our plan into place, um, we're not even close to implementing all that we got a lot of work to do. we're going to stick to our plan. 10 and six isn't good enough to get home field advantage to compete for a championship. i mean it's a huge edge to have that bye and so we got to build the team with that in mind. um, i think some of the things that we've done over the past few years have been to get to 10 and six. and that's not good enough. >> there's a million holes howie needs to fill to get there. cornerback, wide receiver, running back, all an issue so later in sports he'll address how he plans to get that done. ♪ >>> a mid the upsetting stories in our community you can find a beacon of light. people

doug pederson and his rookie head coaching season seven and nine. cowboys have first run bye in the playoffs. >> new years tradition full of music and fanfare. here in philadelphia. >> indeed. the annual mummers parade strutted down broad street and considered to be the oldest parade in the country. >> for many, participants, dancing in the mummers parade each year is a family tradition. many walking in the parade with their young children, at least one memory was made this year during the parade, marriage pro p postal. while some took in the colorful sites for the very first time. >> amazing. this is incredible. these people are just like crazy, and awesome, and it is just -- it is the best time period ever, period. >> period. the city of philadelphia holes dollars its first mummers day parade back on january 1st of 1901, and the mummers parade also in quaker city took the top spot in the spring bands contest, in the comic division, murray took home the first prize, south philly vikings, took top honors in the fancy brigade, and oregon was the year

for the eagles, the final chapter in year one of the doug pederson and carson wentz due it hoping to sing a happier tune in 2017, today once more with feeling for the birds, against jerry's boys from dallas. insights and analysis as the eagles and cowboys bring in the new year at

. >> we should root for chiefs because doug pederson was with andy reid. if he wins.arn from him. >> i think it would frustrate a lot of people. i can't seek but it would frustrate me if i saw andy reid win somewhere elsewhere he couldn't win here for 14 years. >> seahawks have already won it, maybe i'll root for falcons because our local guy matt the ryan. >> yesy will root for falcons to beat seahawks. >> this next game you know how are rooting for. >> packers over cowboys. >> they took care of the giants. part one done. now take care. >> do you think they can beat cowboys. >> no. >> so you think it will be cowboys in the super bowl. >> i think it will be cowboys patriots in the super bowl, yes. >> that is a tough super bowl to root for isn't it. >> you need an upset though so maybe this is upset we are looking for. >> i said they didn't have a chance, with aaron rodgers you have a chance. look what he did yesterday which was incredible. he could not get anything going for giants for majority of the first half. he gets one place, adams to get them close, and then ad

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