nate sudfeld is a young, developing quarterback.nd honestly, lauren, in football, the backup quarterback is always the most popular man in town, right? lauren: till they have to-- till they have to get on the field. dave: so, while they think that he will develop into a nice quarterback, right now nate's job is to support nick foles. nate takes no reps in practice. disaster would have to strike for nate sudfeld to play on saturday. lauren: some would say disaster has already struck. dave: it hasn't, though. here's what's so crazy, the eagles won three of the four games that nick has played in. he came in los angeles and won the fourth quarter there. he went to new york, won that game, beat the oakland raiders, clinched number one seed. then he only played one season--one quarter last week against the dallas cowboys. he played here in 2013 against the saints, had a good game. when he left the field in that playoff game, the eagles led, so he's got playoff experience. the sky has not fallen here, philadelphia. next saturday, you will

backup quarterback is nate sudfeld.rew it first nfl pass three days ago. >> it's hard to say right now, until in that situation, quite honestly. listen, 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, one guy, it's about, you know, 11 on offense, defense and special teams. a lot of contributing factors go into -- go into winning a game. >> it's that pause that makes us nervous. doug appearing luke warm. he may have realized since his answer came out, this is a tweet from nfl roaster. 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

backup quarterback is nate sudfeld. he literally threw it first nfl pass three days ago. >> it's hard to say right now, until in that situation, quite honestly. listen, 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, one guy, it's about, you know, 11 on offense, defense and special teams. a lot of contributing factors go into -- go into winning a game. >> it's that pause that makes us nervous. doug appearing luke warm. he may have realized since his answer came out, this is a tweet from nfl roaster. 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

how nate sudfeld felt and really what the eagles have to do to make sure they're not one and done inffs. >> thank you. >> a fiery crash, a plane burst into flames in costa rica investigation into what went wrong. a drunken arrest leads to an alarming discovery, a stash of weapons at a whole r >>> and train robbers as many as 2 million people will pack time square for what's expected to be one of the coldest effective in history, lauren blanchard has more on how the people will ring in 2018 in the frigid cold. >> reporter: temperatures not keeping revellers away, an unprecedented blanket of security marking this new year. >> three, two, one. happy new year. >> reporter: keeping all these people safe a major concern, the more than million party goers going through pat-downs and bag checks >> there's so much police around, and they checked us pretty well. when we came in here, so i think, i think it will -- it's safe enough. >> reporter: following the terror attacks and concerns in new york and october shooting in las vegas, barricades and trucks filled with sand block entrances to time

there is only one case besides injury to foles where nate sudfeld should come in or see time on the fieldn't connect with guys. if the eagles are down and if they somehow need a last ditch spark. then maybe give sudfeld a shot. there are no more dress rehearsals the playoffs are coming but nick foles will be the eagles guy on january 13t january 13th. lucy? >> all right. there you go. thank you very much. >>> first full moon actually first moon of 2018 just happens to be the biggest super moon of the year. so what's so super about super moons? our resident meteorologist and scientist in chief kathy orr knows all about it. >> it's the closest it will be all year. >> right. >> it looks bigger than usual because of that. it's big and full but 14% bigger want did you say about brighter. >> 30% brighter. we'll have another one on the 31st but not going to be as big and bright and it will be blue moon. >> right. >> because it's the second full moon in month. >> in that cool and there's gob lunar eclipse possibly associated with it in the morning hours. >> i don't think we'll see it, though. >>

doug pederson isn't here for any talk of a quarterback controversy or the eagles starting nate sudfeldou guys can put that to bed now. immediate did talk today about the reports of interest from other teams to the eagles assistant coaches. defensive coordinator jim schwartz linked to the giants and quarterbacks john fillipo tied to arizona and chicago. pederson says he knows they're still putting the eagles first. >> the challenge is obviously you know, having themselves pre faired for potential interview but at the same time, you know f they have to balance the job that they have here and making sure that we're ready for practice tomorrow and the next day and that's first and for most. >> the players made it clear after their loss to dallas they want to put on the pads and get to work tomorrow. doug pederson agrees. the the 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

would it be nick foles or would it be nate sudfeld. we're going to let the coaches handle that.s of fans is pizza or wings. the orders are already stacking up. >> when the eagles do great, we do great. >> reporter: the owner of this restaurant says her team is prepping now for a busy playoff weekend. >> a lot of people preordering. >> reporter: they are offering specials on wings and specialty pizzas. >> this is our spicy meat lovers pizza because the eagles are hot. >> reporter: businesses across the area are hoping to ride the wave into february. >> the cold snap just thousand hurt everybody. now with the eagles, it's a great way to kick us back into gear. >> reporter: the owner of this bar and grill in old city said eagles fans and bar owners, the eagles winning is a win-win for him. >> everybody in the city is much happier. >> reporter: it's been is is crowded during games some are calling ahead for seats. >> we have already had some people call and say can i sit here and there. >> reporter: he can't promise a seat, but these deals will be here for game time saturday. a lot

doug pederson is here for any talk of quarterback controversy are the eagles starting nate sudfeld.to bed. pederson taken the last few days to go back through films of foles. what foles was able to succeed at then is in the eagles system now. so they're going to dust off those plays and work on it this week. in many then foles has to embrace that this his team. bottom line he's the guy now. but it's not again it goes back to what i mentioned earlier. he doesn't have to feel the weight the and tire team. this is a team sport. we got to play great defense obviously and special teams have got to own up to their jobs and then offensively, um, we just have to be better all around. >> brian dawkins and terrell owens finalists for the hall of fame again. this is the second straight year now. dawkins spent 16 years in the pros big part the eagles defense for a long time much he's tired for the eagles record for career interception. owens spent two years in philly and helped lead the eagles to super bowl in 2004. >> we got to sea isle row hockey on day two. i'm all for this. it's battle for

never seen a fan base of a number one seed this nervous in fact i'm still hearing a little of that nate sudfeldhatter. everything changed for this team when carson wentz went down and now we're about to see how much things have changed. nick foles has been suspect filling in for wentz and that's being nice. one good game but the other two were trash. but the good thing is the players and coaches say nick foles has been a new man over the bye much more confident and more vocal and while fans and the media are still crying a little bit about not seeing carson wentz the team has moved past it. >> the train still kind of moving. even though we're sick to our stomach that these guys aren't with us, you know, out there on the field, um, the train is till moving, and the sooner we get over that, you know, and get on to the next order of business, the better we'll become. so but that's a process. that doesn't happen overnight. >> later in sports we'll take deeper look no this playoff game butt plus we'll check out the sixers out in london. lucy? >> sounds good. talk to you then sean. >>> a woman rush t

(dual super) ralph sudfeld michelle sudfeld"the stage is not bigger than where nate is at.axed, he's ready to go."nate hasn't had an easy road in the nfl so far. he was let go by the washington redskins-- and picked up by the eagles for their practice team.but when other teams showed interest in signing him-- the eagles moved him up to their game roster.if quarterback nick foles gets injured--nate is potentially one play away-- from playing in the superbowl.mike parsons modesto christian football coach"it's tough not go get emotional. he's living every kid's dream right now."modesto christian football coach mike parsons says even as a high school sophomore--it was clear nate had big potential."just thinking about it, seeing him that day is going to be an awesome deal."while nate's had a huge impact at modesto christian--(nats)where they honored him friday morning-- and at indiana university where he broke some quarterback records--his parents say its off the field--where he's really a star.mom"working in the developing world, it gives you a perspective. he went on his first

(dual super) ralph sudfeld michelle sudfeld"the stage is not bigger than where nate is at.alm, he's relaxed, he's ready to go."nate hasn't had an easy road in the nfl so far. he was let go by the washington redskins-- and picked up by the eagles for their practice team.but when other teams showed interest in signing him-- the eagles moved him up to their game roster.if quarterback nick foles gets injured--nate is potentially one play away-- from playing in the superbowl.mike parsons modesto christian football coach"it's tough not go get emotional. he's living every kid's dream right now."modesto christian football coach mike parsons says even as a high school sophomore--it was clear nate had big potential."just thinking about it, seeing him that day is going to be an awesome deal."while nate's had a huge impact at modesto christian--(nats)where they honored him friday morning-- and at indiana university where he broke some quarterback records--his parents say its off the field--where he's really a star.mom"working in the developing world, it gives you a perspective. he went

(dual super) ralph sudfeld michelle sudfeld"the stage is not bigger than where nate is at.e's calm, he's relaxed, he's ready to go."nate hasn't had an easy road in the nfl so far. he was let go by the washington redskins-- and picked up by the eagles for their practice team.but when other teams showed interest in signing him-- the eagles moved him up to their game roster.if quarterback nick foles gets injured--nate is potentially one play away-- from playing in the superbowl.mike parsons modesto christian football coach"it's tough not go get emotional. he's living every kid's dream right now."modesto christian football coach mike parsons says even as a high school sophomore--it was clear nate had big potential."just thinking about it, seeing him that day is going to be an awesome deal."while nate's had a huge impact at modesto christian--(nats)where they honored him friday morning-- and at indiana university where he broke some quarterback records--his parents say its off the field--where he's really a star.mom"working in the developing world, it gives you a perspective. he