kiko alonso, the middle linebacker, is hoping to make his debut tonight but that's it. take a look. tim tebow warming up. this is his chance to beat out matt barkley for the third string quarterback job. really, this is his last chance to stay in the nfl and be on an nfl team. the eagles have given him that chance. matt barkley will start the game. tim tebow will play the second half. we will have more coming up in sports for you. how about now, let's get a sense of what's going on outside met life stadium. randy gyllenhaal standing by. randy? >> reporter: we have been talking to some fans that are very excited to see this battle of the third string quarterbacks. tebow of course used to be a jet back in 2012. they do have some experience with him here. we decided to head into enemy territory into the tailgate to see what fans think about each of the quarterbacks. >> j-e-t-s, jets, jets, jets! >> reporter: eagles fans were few and far between. we caught up with 10-year-old donovan proudly wearing philadelphia green. what's it like being an eagle fan in this parking lot with these jet

kiko alonso down. michael kendrick down. now, demarco murray, has a hamstring injury.n the world will the eagles beat the jets on sunday? let's discuss. we have a plan. >> first a look at last night's lottery numbers. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ maxx your thing at t.j.maxx with better brands, at prices that work for you. make each day a little better. shop t.j.maxx... and maxx life! >> seeing else will be without kiko alonso, and kendricks, and yesterday, demarco murray left practice, with what i'm told, hamstring pull. his availability for sunday likely not decided until the weekend. other issue that came up, players from other teams talking about knowing what the eagles are doing on offense. desmond of the falcons, said the eagles plays are predictable. sean lee of the cowboys said he saw tendencies. so could that be a problem? not according to chip kelly. >> i think we've been vair mid our two games, into our pre-season, everything, we do different job formation, things like. that will you know when you're not successful, guys are grasping, not the most complex offense in the world. i

kiko alonso expects to start and will see a series or two. that should be good because eagles fans will love him at that inside linebacker position. matt barkley, this is his chance tonight to hold off tim tebow and win that third quarterback job. he says he knows what he has to do. >> i've done this before, been playing this position for a long time. i know what i'm doing. it's not anything new to me. this offense is second nature to me now. i know my teammates know what we need to do. it's not like i'm going into an unknown scenario. i feel confident where we are and what i can do. >> reporter: we will have more for you at 6:00 tonight and of course, our special at 6:30 leading into the final preseason game. i'm john clark at met life stadium. back to you. >> lots to look forward to tonight. you can see it here only on nbc 10. it's the jets and eagles. kickoff at 7:00 p.m. pregame coverage begins at 6:30. nbc 10 of course is your official eagles television station. >>> a big win today for new england patriots quarterback tom brady. this one

kiko alonso injured the same knee that kept him out. and mychal kendricks left with a hamstring injury. no word how long he will be out. to the game, sam bradford, threw two interceptions including this pick when the eagles were threatening to score. dallas doubled the eagles time of possession. cowboys 20, eagles 10. >> eagles fans began the season with high hopes but two games in with two losses fans are second guessing chip kelly and sam bradford. randy spoke to some fans last night. >> he threw it to his defender unfortunately, it wasn't a very good play. >> he threw a goal on pick. >> i don't understand it. it's a play call and it's offensive line, the defensive line, the play calling, everything, i don't understand it. >> the home crowd has a few weeks to recover from yesterday's loss before heading back to the link. the eagles have two away games before hosting the saints in week five. >>> check out the front cover of the philadelphia daily news. it shows a rather unhappy sam bradford asking the question sam, the sham? look at th

. >> two significant injuries in the game kiko alonso left for a knee and mychal kendrick have you everad a hamstring injur injury. you can add anything more tore those injuries. >> it's two big blows to us and hopefully they come back negative. i don't think it's nothing serious kiko seems in good spivrments i have not talked to mike i'm sure mike his hamstring is pretty good it's just happened in a game they wanted to make sure they was okay. >> let's move on now espn sal palantonio was here with the game and he has these observations. [ whistle ]. >> after this terrible embarassing loss to the cowboys the eagles' locker room was closed for a long time after the game longer than usual. and that's because chip kelly was addressing the team i caught up with conner afterwards and asked what happened in the locker room. he said there was not a lot of emotion and it was pretty quiet. we were just listening to chip tell us what we have to do to get better and we'll fix it. the number one problem on this team is obvious they cannot run the football and this is a run first offense. chip kelly

kiko alonso will probably see action in a couple series. he is returning from an acl injury last year. he hasn't seen any action yet this preseason. don't miss the final preseason game on nbc 10 thursday night. eagles/jets. pregame coverage comes your way at 6:30. nbc 10, your official eagles television station. >>> believe it or not, we were just days away from meaningful football on the college level. it's opening weekend and the hometown matchup kicks off with temple and penn state at the linc saturday. they feature nittany lions quarterback christian hackenburg who is getting nfl draft hype. he struggled behind an inexperienced offensive line last season. >> these guys are really ready to roll. i'm ready to roll. i think we have a great game plan. we are going up against a team that's a veteran team, well coached. and they have a good plan. they are very comfortable with what they do. i think it will be a great challenge for us. >> high school football is back. we want you to see the game of the week. head to nbc10.com right now to cast

kiko alonso injured the same knee that kept him out last season. he is scheduled for an mri today. and mychal kendricks left with a hamstring injury. to the game, sam bradford you see here throwing one of those two interceptions, that one in the end zone. he couldn't get anything going, he was under pressure. the cowboys defense held the birds to single digit rushing yards. dallas doubled the eagles' time of possession. final cowboys 20, eagles 10. game. outstanding. anything especially in the run game where we could compliment i think our offense did not play at all. >> i think we're all frustrated right now. but we're not going to give up. we're not going to quit. we're going to get in tuesday, figure out what we need to get corrected, move on. that's all we can do. >> heads are spinning now. here is the cover of the "philadelphia daily news" this morning suggesting that the eagles are in need of devine intervention. while you're here, pope francis, that's a big task for the pope as he visits this weekend while the eagles will be on the road in new york. now these eagles fans, th

birds playing without kiko alonso, running back demarco murray is questionable at this point with hamstring injury. now, thursday night, football on cbs-3 from the meadowlands here, eli manning, through a pair of long, fourth quarter touchdowns, and the giant won their first game of the year. mangan the giant beat washington in nfc match up, 32 to 21. talking baseball now, phillies unfortunately game closer to losing 100 games, heads to washington tonight with 96 losses, and nine games to play. last night, positive sign for the future, though, few righthander alex asher went 7 inches, allowed only one run to the marlins. asher came over from the rangers nicole -- in the hamels trade. they lost this 11 to nothing. >> the texas football coach accused of ordering his players to hit a referee has now stepped down. i'm sure by now you have seen this disturbing video here, two players for san and ten yo john j high school hit the rev. assistant coach admitted orders erring the two players to hit him for alleged racist comment. two players were suspended, now attending alternative school. >>> comi

linebacker kiko alonso 's mom was born in colombia, his dad hails from cuba and backup quarterback mark sanchez is a california native of mexican decent. we're creating a completely separate fan base that is following these two guys and the enthusiasm is at an incredibly high level. kiko's openness to speak both spanish and english to his fans surprised even rickie. oh it's never happened. fans can totally relate to kiko. communicating directly to a new audience the eagles are scoring new fans. after watching mark sanchez be so active as a starter for some many games, it kind of snowballs and now kiko alaso, that is a guy that really, really beginning a lot of interest to columbia where his mom is from but our big spanish fan base here. ricky is used to seeing other franchises break into the latin and south america like the cowboys and even pittsburg. they have a 30 station radio network for both the cowboys and steelers for all teams. you think pittsburg. pittsburg was one of the first teams that really penetrated mexico, south america. and now the eagles radio network is crossing bord

kiko alonso injured the same knee that kept him out all of last season. he is scheduled for an mri.d mychal kendricks was hurt with a hamstring injury. game. outstanding. anything especially in the run what our defense was doing. i think our offense did not play >> the home crowd has a few weeks to recover before heading back to the link. the eagles have two consecutive away games before the saints in week five. >>> an interesting sunrise today. you look toward the east and you see clear skies, look toward the west and it looks like it's about to rain. it's the west that's going to win because that's where our air is coming from higher up. at the ground it's coming from the northeast. and that's bringing in the cooler weather. it's 54 at allentown, quakertown, 52 in doylestown. one of the cool spots on the map, 55 mount holly and wrightstown 59 and northeast philly 59 in woodbine in new jersey and the wind off the ocean. that's going to create a high risk of rip currents over the next couple of days. a couple of sprinkles around washington but more significant rain in southwest virg

and hicks certainly back up those words, he started his first nfl game in the absence of bobbing kiko alonsomychal kendricks and played very well, led the team with ten took, recovered a fumble, and picked off ryan fits paths trick, third round played like anything but a reichment another rook how helped the causer i can row. little youth second round pick had interception of his own which is huge. the eagles had been easing him in on defense, he stepped up with a big play, and then of course sometimes just need little help, little luck, like when brandon marshall makes the bone headed play of the day, after the catch, tries to flip it back to his teammate. eagles would recover. ryan matthews though he is a top perform err, he was excellent in his 25 carries, 108-yard perform and, caught touchdown pass, exactly the casino of performance the eagles needed specially after two dreadful weeks of running the ball, and what also stands out the eagles able to do it against a very good jets defense. now, let's look at the not so good from sunday's win, because not everything went well. of course, sa

. >> coming up at 6:00, we will hear from kiko alonso. back to you. >> don't miss the final preseason game right here on nbc 10 thursday night. i's the eagles and jets. kickoff is at 7:00. the pregame coverage gibegins a 6:30. nbc 10 is your official eagles television station. >>> another hot day, a little hotter than yesterday. we're in the 90s. that means we hit the fifth heat wave of the season. officially we are in another heat wave. we do have rain chances coming in the forecast before the weekend so the timing is good. that will at least help lower the humidity over your labor day weekend. i have that forecast for you in just a second. as far as the heat is concerned from august 1st to today, september 1st, we have had about 13 days with temperatures above 90 degrees. now, aside from that, it has certainly been a very hot month. the last i guess you could say unofficial month of summer if you want to count this weekend being the unofficial end but we are continuing to look at the heat for the rest of the week in the forecast. 94 deg

. >>> eagles will be without kiko alonso, cedric on the defense of line also didn't practice yesterdaybe out with a broken bone in his hand. yesterday demarco murray left practice with what i'm told hamstring pull. his availability for sunday likely not decided until the weekend. other issue that came up, players from other teams talking about knowing what the eagles are doing on offense. desmond of the falcons, said the eagles plays are predictable. sean lee of the cowboys said he saw tendencies. could that and problem? not according to chip kelly. >> i think we've been vair mid our two games, our pre-season, we do different job changing formation, you know, when you're not successful. i think guys are grasping, not the most complex offense in the world. we try to play fast, but when you play fast, i think we do have certain tendencies. dallas did a good job at recognizing some of those. >> phillies lose in 11 innings, four, three, they have 95 losses, that's sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >> did you hear that? i mean, chip said one thing, bradford said another. all right, 4:26