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two years ago, doug pederson was introduced as the new head coach of the eagles. it has worked out quite well for him and the team after going

>> how did doug pederson, soree? how did doug pederson, get ready?n has said that he's just relied on the support from his team. he's relied on the support from his coaches. said he's very unorthodox play calling. but it is that play calling that's garnered that support and that respect from his team, from his assistant coaches and his players. he had the biggest ovation so far with these fans, as well, so you know when he's aggressive on offense, the fans respond and he lovers that right back. >> peter -- pederson telling his players, thank you will, not always eels toy do but you have to block out the noise when you hit that field. >> tell you what, a lot of watch parties happening across the area, little noisy too shall actually. >> great thing. >> wonderful noise going on. so there is watch parties. (laughing). >> oh, brad sattin, flying high. >> i love it! >> it is a good look, right? >> it is, fly eagles fly. we are at least a webber's house, throwing a party like this since 1993 when the phils ills were in the world series, any time there is a

he just wrote a great article where he spent pretty the entire day driving around with doug pederson he got some great insight on what pederson's like off the field. >> doug pederson is the kind of guy who you really wanting to have a beer with. he's exactly what he seems. he's tollly unpretentious. >> ten years ago when doug pederson was leaving calvary baptist academy in shreveport, louisiana bill belicheck had already won three super bowl ring but pederson buy noose that cliche that he's not playing bell belicheck. >> one of the things i like about doug pederson and going back to when i knew him a little bit in green bay when he was backing up brett favre, he just doesn't worry about the same crap that we worry about. >> yeah. >> you know how -- we're saying oh, my god bill belichick will kill doug pederson. what are you talking about? they're not playing. they're not on the field. they set up the chess match. >> love that kind of insight from peter king again great getting to talk with him. he said that doug pederson is the kind of coach that is very well equipped to play in thes

doug pederson has taken the mindset, it's us against the world. only people th that believen us are the guys in the room. that's carried them through the playoffs and it's worked so far. >> players talked about that last night, being the underdogs. >> we just believe in one another. we don't care what anyone else says. >> it doesn't matter what you guys talk about. that locker room is united. i'll go to bat or to war with every one of those guys in the dressing room. >> if it works for you, it works for you. >> let's talk about nick foles. how would you assess his play? >> the good thing for nick, he didn't throw the ball to the other team. he allowed defense to win the game. the short passes allowed the team to stay on track first and second down. there wasn't a lot of third and long. as you watch to alshon jeffery, he made plays from the pocket. we needed this type of nick foles game. >> foles last night told us he feels he was good but he could play better. >> i thought the preparation was awesome. you never know until you get to the game. get

. >> that's the message head coach doug pederson had for his team. the birds had to get through minnesota to get to minnesota. >> sir charles was one of the thousands of people in the streets celebrating the win, chopper three overhead as a sea of fans swarmed mayfair. good day to be an eagles fay, today is monday, january 22, it is still feels like a dream a dream. good morning, everyone, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. we're pack with coverage from the monumental eagles victory, first, katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. good morning, things are looking really good. what a game last night. and the eagles deserved it, they came out to win, and win they did. so we're all -- >> we apologize to your minnesota vikings. >> hey, minnesota vikings if you didn't show to up play you deserve it, you deserve to lose. looking outside, outside things are looking good. no accidents to speak of, we're looking good. >> we will probably see few damp roads along the way here today. but this isn't the kind of day that requires an umbrella per say. it is

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here's dulling last night if you missed it at the flyers game. >> eagles head coach doug pederson. >> i think he can probably run for mayor right about now what do you think. >> he will catch a few votes. >> flyers captain claude giroux, meet coach pederson at center ice for tonight's ceremonial puck drive. >> let's hear it for the philadelphia eagles. >> doug pederson, ladies and gentlemen. >> claude giroux... >> all right, unfortunately doug did not bring flyers luck they lost lightening ending their winning streak but flyers will still cheer on the eagles and their winning streak as doug was all business during the day time at practice. by the way, might have noticed flyers gave them number 18 jersey that was his number on the packers and even cleveland browns i can throw a quiz back to you does anybody remember. >> does anybody remember what. >> anybody remember his number with the eagles? >> okay, so he was a quarterback. >> would i say a single digit. >> double digit. >> double digit. >> ten, 13, 14. >> fourteen. >> fourteen, here's another question, another quiz. >> all right.

in my mind there's only one coach who should win this, that would be doug pederson.e my three reasons. first off, look at what he's done with this team despite an avalanche of injuries. losing just your starting running back or middle linebacker or special teams captain or quarterback would ruin most teams season he lost all of those guys and more and doug pederson still managed to lead this team and have them by into the next man up mentality they never once fringed. second pederson's play calling is unorthodox it's creative and it work. remember the back to back screens against a at land to oh flee flicker again the vikings. in two years he led this team to the super bowl. now i get the coach of the year is based on the regular season the rams sean mcveigh getting a lot of attention but here in the post season it's doug pederson all the way. >> thomas. >> i can hear him saying yeah, dye that. kristen thank you a brooklyn pizzeria offering a safer choice to the dane are dangerous tied pod challenge this one actually edible. check it out. vinnie's pizza offering died

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yes, doug pederson folks. smile lit up pederson's face last night as he celebrated the nfc championship in the city he's grown to love. he played here. now he's the coach here, the coach that can finally bring home the lombardi trophy. he's not happy just getting here. he wants to win it. >> even said it last night in the locker room there's still a lot of unfinished business to do. there's one game left in this season and we've come this far and want to make sure that we stay focused and we've got a great locker room as you guys know and trust my leaders of that team to get the job done. >> reporter: now people person a player's coach a guy they love to play for, a guy they love to win for, doug pederson, philadelphia embracing the underdog yet again. live in the novacare complex, jaime apody channel6 "action news." ducis. >> certainly has his team well prepared all season long. jamie thank you so much. >>> patriots came back from the dead yesterday to reach their fourth super bowl in the past seven seasons. t

yesterday doug pederson raised eyebrows when talking about nick foles.ver last two games nick has been suspect at best. he has only completed 46 percent of his passes and eagles offense has been a disaster. backup quarterback is nate sud field who threw his first nfl pass four days ago. pederson was asked if he would pull foles from a playoff game >> it is hard to say, right now, until i'm in that situation, quite honestly. it is a one game season. it is hard to be in desperation mode but if you are in that mode, you know, who knows, i do know this it is not about one guy, you know , one guy, it is about, you know, 11 on offense, defense and special teams so a lot of contributing factors go into winning a game. >> now doug appeared luke warm on foles based off that comment but may have realized how his answer came off and he sent this message, this is a tweet from nfl reporter iain rapport, eagles coach doug pederson just texted me after his press conference. he said my guy is nick foles, end of story. now eagles return to work today and nick foles will

let's keep doing it. >> you appreciate offense doug pederson how do you like his play calling. >> he stayed on schedule calling the run and make sure you make the run and when nick foles gets a chance use d balls. they were out of control and made really big plays that everybody was he questioning throwing and his accuracy when it comes tolying the b ball and he lit it up and is proud and excited before i let you go theres with a real family environment here with the eagles and i've seen a loft foreman players walking through the halls and brian westbrook here and jamal jackson. you guys are all here. it's it like to see you guys accomplish what did you in '0 '04. >> that's what doug brought back to this whole organization the whole family feel. you can tell these guys dig each other and they bind with och each other well and they have each other's back. and they trust each other and make big plays. this is ridiculous man. >> speechless. >> speechless. >> am i saying it 38 right? >> i believe it is. >> 38-7. >> i never could have department that. >> it was a beat down bro. >> i was t

i actually think doug pederson has an arrow in the quiver we get no respect 13-3 and nb going to sell players hard on that and sell it effectively. >> they like that stuff and fa makers and starts with wide es a he is dangerousut the falcons use >> offese 6-4, smart intelligent ts play we are looking at nows a run read and and throw a pass. this is a quarterback and wide re eyes. it's an experience group of receivers andatty ice pulling the trigger but i think offensive line could bwhere the. >> talk about that meouthe falc? >> well, they have runni bacsth scare the heck out of me asve e freeman coleman catch the ball on the back field running around and great screen game here against the rams and coleman up to the left and moves from the right and great job by receivers down the field then they have the fumble screen and they run a lot of these andet wide receivers who are big and strong and in space and matt ryan has a good feel when to get to the plays the bubble screens the screen games they are very versatile style of offense yeah they can run the football but their receivers are

. >> while fox is celebrating, doug pederson is also celebrating today. today is his 50th birthday. the big five-zero as he gears up for the super bowl bowl. >> to be able so celebrate this with them and with the team and to be in this game obviously is an honor. you know, if somehow we can pull out a victory that would be the icing on the cake as they say. >> obviously a super bowl win is the best present but players had some other suggestions. >> he likes visors. i feel like a really sick visor. i might get him a visor. >> i was going to give him a cane so he could feel old. maybe go to the mall and find one later. >> because it is doug pederson's 50th birthday besides the super ball win what's the best gift that you could give to doug. >> a hug. [ laughter ] >> they all agreed on one thing. >> seems like to like ice cream a lot. hag den today's. >> some hag den today's ice cream. >> haagen-daz. that's his deal. >> there is something about that haagendas ice cream vanilla to be specific. players are saying maybe that's the reason why they're winning this year. coming up we'll hear

. >> with the george trophy and here is jamie apody with head coach doug pederson after the game. >>t does it feel like? >> it's sereal and has not sunk in and so happy for the guys right now. >> did you ever doubt it in your mind? >> no i don't doubt those guys in that locker room at all. >> reporter: you got to feel great for doug pederson and it's his second year as a nfl coach and he is headed for the souper bowl. >> doug put time and energy in the game and the guys believe in him and we talked about this earlier and said doug is the reason they are here and that is an important factor. >> well prepared for the game and certainly showed in the game and look at highlights 38-7 and first quarter eagles down 7-0 and chris with pressure and this interception changed the whole course of the game and malcolm said the same and robinson. >> dar by with a block right there to spring him free and eagles tie the game 7-7 after that 50 yard touchdown second quarter the running game was pretty good. running game the offense they have a lot of good players and lowered his head. >> that makes i

in training camp when doug pederson said the eagles probably had more talent than the green bay packerso two superbowls in the 1990s nobody could believe what he said every step of the way people were douging the eagles and every step of the way the eagles have responded and here we are in superbowl 52 back live and let's go to ducis rodgers and jamie apody and will go to war with everyone in the roster and thriving in the under dog roll and will do it again next sunday. >> yeah jeff for the third straight game this post season the eagles are the under dogs last check 4.5 dog to the patriots. >> they will take it, they really relish and bring the dog mask to minnesota and i didn't see it but swears it's there and the guys have a quiet confidence to them. >> we have to win the game and that is everyone's mindset in the locker room the goal is to win this and there is no other option we have to come back with a win. >> definitely respect what they do, it's very hard and they make it look easy which is you know hard to do in this league and as a matter of fact so consistent and he is a cou

doug pederson said nick foles is his quarterback. nick will get all of the rest in practice. they will get no rest. but doug did leave it open that nate could possibly play if nick really struggled in the game. inform thf has struggled the last two games. he's thrown two interceptions and the eagles have not looked good offensively with him there the last two games. but doug pederson reiterated that nick is the guy. he asked if he struggled would you consider putting nate zud felt in. >> it's hard to say right now until i'm in that situation. it's a one-game season. and it's hard to be in desperation mode, but if you're in that mode, who knows. i do know this. it's not about one guy. >> coming up in sports, we're going to hear from doug on some of the things he's looking at to help nick. he's going into nick's past and that means some chip kelly offense. we'll tell you all about it at 6:20. >> thank you so much. nbc 10 is is your official home of the philadelphia eagles. this saturday we'll give you a look back at the with head coach doug pederson. catch the best plays of the

and doug pederson did say that at the end.l hear from some of the key players still feeling disrespected because they are underdogs again in the nfc title game in their own house. i'm john clark. we'll see you then. >> thank you, john. >>> in defiance of the eagles underdog status, we're asking you to send in pictures of your dog decked out in eagles gear. these are just a few of the pictures we've received so far. send them to us through the free nbc 10 app. >>> count on nbc 10 for our exclusive pregame shows leading up to the big game. friday and saturday night at 7:00 for special eagles coverage. and nbc 10 is where the action is on sunday. eagles game plan kicks off at 10:00 a.m. followed by eagles gameday. kickoff at 10:30 and the playoff special at 11:00 a.m. after the game, an nbc 10 news playoff special. plus eagles gameday final after nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> a live look at lincoln financial field. good news for birds fans. if you are headed to the game, you can expect some nice weather. >> don't have to wear quite s

doug pederson was coaching high school football from 2005 to 2008 small school in louisiana and fact that was used against him by select media when peter pederson was hired two years ago. shows was they know. eagles one thing we're learning no matter where pederson was coaching he's always been a solid leader of men. >> he led by example, you know, he never told us and expected from us anything he he wasn't willing to do himself. he would pick up several times you would see him picking dirty towels in the locker room, just serving -- picking up trash in the visitor's locker room. he was great leader an great coach that you wanted to play for, you know, you'd be just willing to run through brick wall for him. >> definitely not south philly accent there. >>> over to the ice nhl all star weekend taking place at tampa bay tonight was the skills challenge which featured the only flyer to receive an invite this weekend the captain mr. claude giroux. the skills hal challenge a mix of passing and skating and even shooting, yeah, all three components make complete hockey player. claude was lea

today doug pederson was peppered with questions about the qb.he coach was asked if he would consider pulling a struggling nick foles mid-game in favor of nate sudfield. >> it's hard to say until i'm in the situation. it's a one-game season. it's hard to be in desperation mode. but if you're in that mode, you know, who knows. i do know this. it's not about one guy. i want nick to embrace it. he has embraced it. but at the same time the guys around him also need to own their jobs and their responsibilities going forward. >> coach also says, at the request of his players, the team will practice in pads this week. >>> finalists have been named for the profootball hall of fame. former eagles dawkins and terrell owens made the cut. dawkins had 6 pro bowls and 37 career receptions. he was the heart and soul of the defense for more than a decade. the class will be >>> the sixers are unsure if joel embiid will play against the spurs tomorrow night. he's doubtful with a hand injury. spotted a trainer working on it this afternoon. suffering the injury sund

this eagles football team has exceeded everyone's expectations but doug pederson son has instilled ins football team about offense, defense and special teams, football is constant team game and this eagles football team has bought in. >> they have been riding this under dog mentality. well, guess what, game time is almost here, and the under dog s are here too. >> there is no need to fear, under doggies here. >> if there ever was a city that em breezed the under dog, it is us. >> we love you, rock. >> i love you too. >> philadelphia, gritty neighborhoods, tough people, never afraid to fight for respect. especially when it comes to or food balance team. >> absolutely, i think, we feel it in everybody. if you feel disrespected you have to take your respect. unless you will not get it. >> lane johnson turned those word into action after beating atlanta donning a dogmas being to show the world that we're down were being the dogs. >> we're not first under dog, we are not the last but anything you can gain to get the team, you know, energized, motivated we will do and that is something that

he's supposed to be doug pederson. now wait until you see him. somebody out after porno movie maybe? >> stop, stop. >> who are those hung i men with him? >> they're from temple. >> hello, gentlemen. >> they've given a few pour aid baths in their life. we'll learn how to do it properly. >> oh, they're packing. do you think they'll have enough room in these live vehicles to go out there to minneapolis. >> there is jared, packing up, driving 17, 18 hours to minneapolis today. >> and the guy behind the wheel right there, that's eric, n's' going in a separate vehicle. so all by themselves for 17 hours. >> oh, that's weird. >> what do you do? >> sing songs? listen to audible? >> have an empty coke bottle. >> oh, my goodness. >> oh, it is my turn. >> crammed there. >> there you are. >> you going to take this? i'm on top of t he needs a crown. there you go. all right, let's get more on the weather, in 15 seconds. take that, bill. >> perfect temperature get a pie in the fails. east winds, coming in at 6 miles per hour, it is chilly out there. but, high pr

>> these guys again. >> doug pederson. >> doug pederson, andy reid, in kansas city they need back up quarterback with the help of his family nick foles decides and these guys he's going to come back, signs with the chiefs as a back up. >> how does he get back to philadelphia then? >> after that season, chiefs didn't want him any more. he's gone, free april, again there is doug pederson connection is a big one, bridges him him in to back up carson wentz. nobody thought anything of it. >> no. >> they had press conference, i don't think we covered t however. >> sound right. >> carson wentz goes down. and that's when nick foles story as we know it really starts. because what he has done in the playoffs is historic. >> okay. >> okay? we have joe montana. >> we're out of time. hurry up. >> joe montana up here, only two quarterback to complete 75% of their passes back-to-back playoff games. >> okay. >> we have the tom brady connection. he's trying to defeat tom brady in the super bowl. only quarterback to ever have done that before eli manning. >> oh. >> there are your connections. >> okay.

he just wrote a great article where he spent pretty the entire day driving around with doug pederson erson's like off the field. >> doug pederson is the kind of guy who you really wanting to have a beer with. he's exactly what he seems. he's tollly unpretentious. >> ten years ago when doug pederson was leaving calvary baptist academy in shreveport, louisiana bill belicheck had already won three super bowl ring but pederson buy noose that cliche that he's not playing bell belicheck. >> one of the things i like about doug pederson and going back to when i knew him a little bit in green bay when he was

doug pederson agrees.he eagles need to work on that grit before the playoffs. >> this something the players want. it's not -- it's not a punishment thing it's not coming direct from meche what's the players want. i listen to my guys and i think that they understand that there's a sense of physicality we have to get back to. >> the eagles will either play the falcons if they beat the rams or the winner of new orleans/carolina you can watch the panthers and saints right here on fox 29 kick off at sunday at 4:40. joel embiid is doubtful tomorrow but there's a bigger injury update. we got the most confusing news about markelle fultz that sounds like he's getting close to getting back to practice. you can decide here. what it said sixers say fultz quote has been cleared to begin the final stage of his return to play program. that consists of gradual reintegration into team practices and training, complemented with additional conditioning work to support fitness readiness for game play. maybe we'll get that in e

but doug pederson, the job he's done coaching these guys and making sure they're prepared. and then on game day being able to stay level head and calling the plays that he's called to exploit defenses, i give a lot of credit to him. >> this is kind of the way philadelphia does it, right? this is the way we do it here in philly because underdogs again in two games here in the playoffs and they're going to be underdogs again against the evil empire tom braidly, bill belichick and the patriots? >> i don't think they want to have itny other way. i think they like that mentality being the underdogs. all that talk was about the minnesota defense. well i think this eagles defense took kbeption to that and they played this way. i got to tell you pregame, i don't think i've seen anything like this, how loose and relaxed and how much fun the eagles were having. moment didn't get too big for them. they were all dancing on the field pregame and i don't know if i've seen that before. >> they've got this song that they play, and when they play that song, they all seem to get hyped and th

he was aggressive now. >> doug pederson all about being aggressive.les super fan mike trout obviously back in the birds in the super bowl we know how he feels about them being underdo underdogs. he was rocking that dog mask at the linc on sunday his prediction for minneapolis, eagles beat the patriots 31-24. >>> plan accordingly eagles fans the birds are wearing their midnight green jersey for the super bowl. patriots will wear their white jerseys. now 12 of the last 13 super bowl winners worn white the only other team to win it the packers wore green. just like the eagles. >> so -- >> with most things in life, stats don't matter. >> i'm just saying they're some good luck some and good mojo. >> and green. >> wearing green. >> the one team. >> the one team. >> 12 other teams. >> underdogs against the current kings of football dethroning them. >> we got this kristen. >> it all works. >> midnight green. that does it for us here at 6:00. page six is coming up next. kathy orr, kristen, rodgers, i'm thomas drayton. have a wonderful night. we'll see you agai

doug pederson was retiring from the nfl and took a head coach for a job for a high school team. go from high school to being a super bowl coach? it's pretty cool. we have messages to doug from the men who hired him there. >> you're a genuine guy that values the people around him. no wonder your players play so hard for you. >> for the first time i saw you, i felt like you had it and to be able to employ you,

>> it's doug pederson's 50th birthday. that's right the big-five oh. we reminded him of that yesterday. i asked him what he wants as a gift. >> this is what we work for. this is what we do ota's for. it's one thing to be excited to be here but we understand that it's unfinished business. >> reporter: happy birthday coach. we have two numbers we need to worry about. fifty-first birthday and 52 for sure 52 -- for super bowl lii. >> thanks guys. when the eagles won the nfc championship crowds ran out into the streets giving the city a little taste of the giant celebrations that can be expected if sunday goes our way. police commissioner richard ross says he wants you to have fun but his department is ready if things get out of hand. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live with details on the security plans. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. police will be out in full force for what we can expect on sunday night. but the police commissioner is saying he won't be using a certain slippery substance that made national headlines a c

that says a lot about head coach doug pederson. >> i think it will be fun to see him match whits withbelichick, one of the greatest coaches of all time. pederson a real people person. he greeted brian westbrook with a big hug. he was on staff during the applying days. here's his one-on-one interview with the head coach. >> coach, you are turning 50 tomorrow. second year as head coach. how does it feel? >> it feels great. this is what we work for. this is what we go for. it's one thing to be excited to be here. we understand it's unfinished business. doug, your guys play awesome in the playoffs. how confident are you in the team? >> confident. our guys are confident. that's what it takes this time of year. you have to p with a swagger. >> you have been here a couple of days. i have been here before. played in the game. how do you keep your guys focused and ready and thinking about the football game? >> it's tough. there is a lot of distractions. families come to town and pull them in different directions. emy job is to be sure when we are working, we are working. that's the biggest thi

jeffery lurie and doug pederson getting off and carson wentz there as well.a bit which might have been a little jarring for folks to see but of course he is recovering from acl surgery and not using a kaine or crutch anymore. bird got off the plane in the hanger and then they pulled up here at the hotel there were some fans out here, most of the fans lived here in minute so the a but bleed eagles green. they were here to greet the bird. the players headed inside this will be their headquarters for next week where they will have their meetings and their team meals and their walk throughs, now, for nick foles, there has got to be a surreal experience remember he almost decided to retire and here he is leading the eagles in the super bowl. espn spoke with foles right before they left philadelphia this afternoon and he talk about how special it is, to be here right now. >> i'm really excited because i'm going in to unchartered waters. i have never ever been to a super bowl game so to be here, i'm excited. to be playing for coach pederson, he was one that drafted

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we're hearing from coach doug pederson he's at the podium. are four days away from super bowl in minneapolis. here's the coachspeaking at the mall of america. >> doug, happy birthday. >> well thank you. >> you're welcome. >> your father was your first coach. is there anything you took from your experiences with him in that regard? >> yeah. i mean, you know, he was -- he was always -- he was sort of that tough love on us as boys growing up and he coached that way. and he always had high expectations for me and my brothers. and he coached us probably a little bit different than he did the rest of the team. i think just having that same sort of mentality with the guys, you know, just sort of a tough-love mentality with the guys now and, you know, having that relationship with them is something that my dad and i had. and, you know, he was positive and uplifting but at the same time, you know, wanted to make sure weapon were doi were doing and if we weren't we would hear about it. that's kind of the same way i treat what i'm doing today. >> over h

doug pederson texted me after the press conference, he said my guy is nick foles. end of story. >>> second straight year, brian dawkin is a finalist for the hall of fame. includes terrell owens who is a finalist the third straight year, five modern candidates can be elected. the announcement will be made on february 3rd, the day before the super bowl. >>> u.s. hockey announced the roster for the winter olympics in south korea. a 30-year-old journey man by the name of bobby butler made the team. breaking the news to his dad. butler plays for the milwaukee admirals and the national predators, currently nhl players are not allowed to play >> your dad got to smack you in the helmet pushes you around. right there. jerk there's a lot of love right there. >> thank you >> a new year, and resident at the ve . >>> new baby sea turtle. it made its public debut. it will spend close to a year here, you can vote on the turtle's name. the options so far, dart, davy, maverick. and the winning name in february. >>> the snow will be behind us but the arctic air will be in place. we'

where does this range for doug pederson as he looks to within a conference championship just year two. >> jus from the standpoint of the amount of players we lost and amount of starters we lost this season, that's why it makes it such a special team for the things we have overcome. not many teams in our vacation or that have been in the situation in the past i think have probably have not last as many starters even their quarterback. and someone who has been a big part of getting us to why we are today it ranks as one of the top ten teams for me. >> eagles insider dave spadaro you can feel it, so close. >> we talked about it last week the entire city really rallied around and behind and with the philadelphia eagles. >> doug pederson at the helm in year two. what a prolific rise he's had. what can you say about the job he's dont'a the eagles' team to the nfc champion. >> over came so much. even when you think of last year started carson wentz eight days after the kids promoted from third string to first string quarterback. built a lot of street and locker room cred with his tea team. t

doug pederson simplified his message for foles this week just be nick it seems to be working. s look much more comfortable and confident out at practice and peter pederson notice add big change in his demeanor since he first took over for carson wen wentz. >> when you got sudden change like that and how it happened it's obviously can be, um, you know, it's never an easy thing to go through. but each week that's gone by there's more and more confidence. the guys just learning his voice influctions in the huddle, you know, for guys is, um, can be big difference. >> start your morning tomorrow at 8am with fox 29 "game day live" special day and time one last look at eagles falcons plenty of time to hit tail gates after the game remember kickoff at 4:35. >>> the flyers are coming off their by week hot one their last three straight games coming into the second half the season looking refreshed and wanting to bring that same energy forward with a tough schedule coming up. flyers are going to new jersey tomorrow to take on the devils. puck drops at 7:00 and this rivalry is packed in ti

we will send out all of the doug pederson next week in celebration of the win and his birthday. thanks very much to don bell there at the team hotel. >>> i'm here along nicolet mall a big thoroughfare in downtown minneapolis. you see things they have set up including these ice sculptures. this has been a hot place to stop and take pictures. it is minnesota in the winter. you need ice sculptures. they look just like that since we have been here in melting at all, trust me. >>> lets go back now to the mall of america, different end where pat gallen is stationed and pat we have been through the mall, there is a lot of activities for fans and you looked into that today. >> reporter: yeah, jessica question for you is where can you get underwear, socks a hearty meal and then go buy an awesome shirt like this because i was going for my paul bun john look where can you do all that and have fun in a theme park? anywhere else? beside mall of america? i don't think so. answer is absolutely no and we were here today hanging out getting it all, soaking it all in so before i bought this beaut

so, i've got to be doug pederson. having been in the lockerroom, you know, and understanding the dynamic there also has helped with the trust with the players. >> one word: most players would use to describe doug pederson hour, jen ooh snip his players really enjoy playing for him. of course, winning, cures all, what they say. also, when you win awards follow, i'll tell you who from the eagles front office won sex he can tiff of the year today as we hand out hardware later in sports, lewes. >> i nice, can't wait. thank you much, sean brace. you know you get a bunch of sports fans in one room, emotions start flying, but if someone throws a punch party over. police want to stop it from happening specially on septa. our dave schratwieser live in south philadelphia, with how they're stepping up their game. dave? >> lucy, with just three days to go, before the big game, the eagles are getting red across the street at the nova care center while septa police and philadelphia police are putting together the security package f

. >>> doug pederson said nick foals is his quarterback. no rep during the play off. doug said this morning he wants video of nicks play off start against the saints from four years ago. he played well. also two years under chip kelly. he played well. he wants to incorporate the quick throws and the tempo. he was asked if nick really struggles would he consider bringing in nate. >> it's hard to say. right now. and until i'm in the situation. it's a one game season. and it's it's hard to be in desperation mode. if you're in that mode, who knows. i do know this it's not about one guy. >> guess who's hall of fame finalist for a second straight year. brian docken. and to. a finalist for a third straight year. fliers and penguins great roifl ri. weird tonight with both teams out of the play offs. fliers fans with a loud eagles chant for doug pederson. in the house. crosby trying to dial in on the wi-fi. tough night. take a look at the shot. tipped. goes off the post and is it going in? so close. look at the play by tom here. and score. he can't

head coach doug pederson also celebrates his 50th birthday today. a gift. philadelphia police are getting ready for their post super bowl security plans. police commissioner richard ross issued a stern early warning that vandalism assaults and destruction of property will not be tolerated. >> just over the past half hour or so we've seen a bunch of accidents coming in. this is one of them, the schuylkill expressway, the left lane is blocked at university because of an accident that's really jamming you up. in wynnefield township camden county we've got an accident on the a.c. expressway. it was closing it for awhile westbound approaching williamstown. now just blocking the left lane but still really slow. an accident in pennsauken on 130 northbound at the betsy ross bridge. another one on 42 near route 40 dave whole binge of accidents. >> had a really good view of that super blue blood moon on sky6 about 45 minutes ago. some of you are still seeing it but we're seeing clouds beginning to reach into the region. today's high just 35 degrees. right now

two years ago, doug pederson was introduced as the new head coach of the eagles. it has worked out quite well for him and the team after going this is his 13 and three top in the league in less than 48 hours, leads the bird against the vikings for the nfc title and a trip to the super bowl. he describes his feeling. >> at the end of the day it's football and i got to make sure that m h is in the right spot. blocking out the noise. just like i'm telling the players and focused oh and my job and helping the team try to win a football game, and you know, i try not to get caught up in the magnitude, you know, of what this game means but at the same time, when you have time away and you can reflect, not only on the season but where the team is and the things we faced all year, it does kind of put it into perspective. >> how big a factor will the fans play sunday? nick foles will tell us later. >> thanks, lesley >>> eagles fans are predicting they will emerge victorious, the odds makers say the eagles remain the underdogs, they've a 40% chance of defeating the vikings.

doug pederson has backed off trying to keep the eagles rested.ey are going to have a regular practice this week and next week. it's going to get them back to intense training, almost like a training camp. and it was his fault for the drop pass. the eagles may never be in it this position again. >> because of the way we played earlier in the year, we had an opportunity to take a step back with this bye week and we need to prepare for the next game. so it's almost like you hit the reset button in a way and really everyone does because it doesn't matter that we're 13 and 3 , if we go out there and blow it, we need to handle our business and get better this week and focus on the fundamentals. >> on to the 6ers, how about ringing in the new year with the games, all on the road. they are back here on wednesday against the spurs. they always get nervous when they see this. but joel's hand is not broken, it's sprained. he says he's going to be fine. thank goodness. i'm john clark. we're right back. strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! amazing

doug pederson texted me after the press conference, he said my guy is nick foles.>> second straight year, brian dawkin is a finalist for the hall of fame. includes terrell owens who is a finalist the third straight year, five modern candidates can be elected. the announcement will be made on february 3rd, the day before the super bowl. >>> u.s. hockey announced the roster for the winter olympics in south korea. a 30-year-old journey man by the name of bobby butler made the team. breaking the news to his dad. butler plays for the milwaukee admirals and the national predators, currently nhl players are not allowed to play >> your dad got to smack you in the helmet pushes you around. right there. jerk there's a lot of love right there. >> thank you >> a new year, and resident at the venture a . >>> new baby sea le it made its public debut. it will spend close to on the turtle's name. the o davy, maverick. d february. >>> the snow will be behind us but the arctic air will be inl both saturday and sunday. but highs on saturday only in the te be breezy, it will feel like

doug pederson admitting he's trying to focus and stay level headed.ve to ducis rodgers and jaime apody at chickie's and chickie's and pete's in south philadelphia hosts of our nfc championship pregame show tonight. guys. >> reporter: say, there, jeff. the excitement is certainly in the air throughout the city, certainly here at chickie's and pete's and it will be that way at the linc sunday 6:40. this eagles team i would never bet against them. they have overcome so much this season including a number of injuries. >> think about that. jason peters darren sproles, jordan hicks, subsequent, carson wentz that's an entire starting team right there and also it features the most unlikely of mackups case keenum against nick foles. it's uncanny that he's at this point. of course he led the eagles to the playoffs the last time they were here in 2013. but he's been a journeyman backup since and also decided to retire before fate brought him back to philadelphia to back up carson wentz. his teammates say there's nobody else they want to lead the team right now.

. >> in just two seasons doug pederson wept from question mark to unquestioned leader. pederson who turns 50 this week exhibit wisdom on top of technical know how. his fraetest strength perhaps is understanding his players. >> he knows the stuff going on and i don't know you talk to him and you feel like he understands you. that's what i appreciate about him. >> he's the guy who is you know i could say now we have two -- he cut the meeting short a little bit and let guys get more time for recovery to get prepared for the next day. those types of things bring the team together. >>> pederson used backup nick foles. since he became the quarterback the birds won every meaningful game he played. before joining eagle president considered retirement. now he's on his way to becoming a legend, football, family and journey is emotional one. >>> that's the most important thing, when i get to -- you know what i think about this journey i get home and i -- i get to see her. i get to see my wife and i see her and my wife in her and her face and mannerisms that's what it's about. >> w

so we had head coach doug pederson talking about exactly what all of that will mean for the team herere he is reinforcing the message you got to cheer today. loudly. >> we want teams to come into our stadium and to feel -- to feel our fans and to feel the excitement and the to feel the noise and to feel everything about philadelphia. you know, i've been a visiting player coming into this stadium in a playoff type atmosphere, and it's tough to play because our fans are loud from the opening kickoff till the last whistle. >> reporter: opening kickoff till last whistle. you have to bring your game voice and cheer as loudly as possible. so some of the things he was saying that could affect, of course, communication, game delays, time outs he said the lot loudest time to cheer is when the falcons offense is in their huddle. we don't want the players hearing what their quarterback is saying. so bring your game voice. bundle up, again, kickoff at 4:30 today and lauren of course it will be much different atmosphere than it is this early in the morning. back to you. >> i know. it's quiet as it

two years ago, doug pederson was introduced as the new head coach of the eagles. it has worked out quite well for him and the team after going this is his 13 and three top in the league in less than 48 hours, leads the bird against the vikings for the nfc title and a trip to the super bowl. he describes his feeling. >> at the end of the day it's football and i got to make sure that my head is in the right spot. blocking out the noise. just like i'm telling the players and focused oh and my job and helping the team try to win a football game, and you know, i try not to get caught up in the magnitude, you know, of what this game means but at the same time, when you have time away and you can reflect, not only on the season but where the team is and the things we faced all year, it does kind of put it into perspective. >> how big a factor will the fans play sunday? nick foles will tell us later. >> thanks, lesley >>> eagles fans are predicting they will emerge victorious, the odds makers say the eagles remain the underdogs, they've a 40% chance of defeating the vikin

find out what doug pederson is expected of you. >>> an offensive onslaught for the flyers, today was show you how the flyers clipped buffalo's wings next in sports. el: broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin - that was my life. married, a homeowner, a professional, recovering and thriving - that's my life now. i got help. you can too. new years means a new day for those struggling with addiction. don't suffer. don't wait. choose help. call 844 reachnj or visit reachnj.gov >>> this is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. x1 from the xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >> hey, hey, danny pommells from nbc sports philadelphia with you. the eagles are back at practice tomorrow preparing to face the falcons, saturday at 4:30. doug pederson looking to have a jacked up lynn continue financial field crowd supporting the midnight green. >> i have imagined it, and i really imagine an electric crowd. a full stadium. i'm envisioning sort of the sounds and the smells of our stadium and the tailgate area, and just imagining that electric feel that