carson wentz suffered a knee injury.ording to several reports the eagles fear it's a torn left acl. when you hear that news? what goes through your mind? >> not great news, of course. this team is built around carson wentz and the things he's able to do from the quarterback position. you hate to see a guy that means so much go down. >> late in the third quarter. how much do you think this affects this had team going forward? >> i think it affects it a lot. a lot of the big plays that the team had on offense is because of carson wentz and his ability to escape the pressure get outside of the pocket and make plays with his arm. you know defenses respect what carson can do. they played this team that way. without carson wentz it's a totally different defense will be played against this offense. >> doug pederson didn't have much information after the game. but did share this. >> well you're speculating, you know, that he's going to be out. so until i know more tomorrow on him, you know, it's hard to say. but, listen, there's

why do you think they are done >> no carson wentz anymore.ick foles had good half year and that is about it. >> reporter: some fans though trying to stay optimistic. >> you just have to have a positive attitude. >> reporter: we know how philly fans are reacting but what about former players themselves. >> football is a true team sport and carson will be first to tell you that the team wasn't all about him. >> reporter: former eagles linebacker ike reese says it is time for fans to take a breath, relax. >> i have been listening to people crying. look, we're here. >> reporter: and focus on the rest of the season. >> it is a difficult time. we will get through it together. it is why this is the city of brotherly love, great sports community and believe me we faced tougher time then this. i will just say don't abandon the ship right new. >> reporter: in south philadelphia, greg argos. >> just getting started. >> reporter: cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good sounds all the way there. maybe good owe men this was regional cover of the sports illustrat

what is the word out there on wentz?> reporter: jaime, carson wentz's eagles teammates are concerned that their mvp-caliber quarterback could be lost for the season with what the team is fearing could be a torn acl in the left knee that he suffered in the third quarter. eagle's head coach doug pederson didn't want to speculate in the mri tomorrow in philadelphia. take a look at carson wentz being carted out of the staled yum at the l.a. coliseum with a brace on the left knee. wentz did not want to speak to the reporters about the injury or the eagles clinching the title. but he did appreciate the love and prayers from eagles fans and from his teammates tonight. >> it's emotional. it's emotional for me. i work with him every day. we do everything together. i'm excited we won, but at the same time i'm dealing emotionally with seeing him go down. never want that. >> sucks, man. he means so much to this team and organization. just a good guy and friend of mine. >> you know, when you're in these types of games and playoff-typ

. >> wentz to his right. ♪ >> carson wentz out. injured.done. >> obviously it's been a rough day for me. >> nick foles taking over. >> i know this team will step up and rally in matter what. >> leaving wednesday vain ya next stop foles adelphia. all aboard. >> now, fox 29 news at 10:00. >>> really nightmare scenario for those super bowl dreams you star quarterback carson wentz out. no more regular season. done for the playoffs. thanks for joining us tonight at 10:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm luce. seemed like everything was perfect. best team in the nfl. carson is wentz is out. torn acl. we've got nick foles. no strangers to the quarterback position. we've got team coverage of carson wentz's season ending injury. chris oh can't is live at lincoln financial field with fan reaction. joanne pileggi learned more about wentz's injury. we begin with kristen rodgers live in studio. >> kristen. >> twenty eight worse case scenario for the eagles. carson wentz for the season with torn acl. guess have to make adjustment in the nfc champions can keep winn

. >> carson wentz is done for the season. his mvp campaign cut short after hurting his left knee in the eagles within over the rams. the eagles are far from over. >> heck, yeah. we overcame pro bowl left tackle, we overcame our middle linebacker, overcome a runnin rg back. overcome a core special team player this year, our dicker this year. noises different. >> doug speed son says the eagles think wentz hurt his knee before contact. colonelly no timetable for his surgery. his return to the field and no if and how this will affect him for the next season. pederson says now is not the time to quit. >> you can't lose faith. i mean this is -- this has been resilient football team all season long, and if there's ever an opportunity for me as a head football coach to rally troops, now might be the time. >> wentz teammates took to social media to show their support for him. prayers up for my brother. a small thing to agile. god speed. and now as the eagles turn to nick foles lesean mccoy tweeted i played with nick he's a true baller

what doctors say about carson wentz's knee.t i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> topping the headlines, the eagles are nfc east champs. quarterback carson wentz is out of action at least for now. the a.p. reports that doctors say wentz tore his acl in yesterday's game. he won't return this season. wentz and the team are back in philadelphia. he is scheduled to have an mri later today. >>> new overnight in gloucester township, the american red cross is helping nearly two dozen families find a place to stay this morning. a fire ripped through their apartment buildin

let's listen in. >> carson wentz is quarterback, m.v.p. candidate. can you overcome that? >> we sure can. we overcame a left tackle and middle linebacker, our kicker this years this is no different, yeah, he is the quarterback of our football team, and each one of these guys that i mentioned is tough to replace. but you know what, the ron we went out and got nick foles is for reasons like this and situations like this. i'm excited for nick, obviouslily, i hate it for -- obviously, i hate it for carson wentz for the season that he has been having, but statement it's been the next man up mentality and that's how we approach it this week. >> how soon before carson wentz has the surgery? >> didn't discuss that yet. >> reporter: have you had a chance to talk to him? >> i didn't see him today, got him in and got him out, didn't see him today probably see him later in the week. >> reporter: [inaudible]. >> it's hard to say appears watching the film it was actually before the contact, could be an noncontact deal, but, you know, that's what it appe

i hate it for carson wentz. i hate it for the career -- or the season i guess that he's been having. but at the same time it's been the next man up mentality and that's -- that's how we approach it his week. >> all right, we have team coverage for you tonight. sarah bloomquist spoke with fans about this major loss. >> first we head to john rawlins in center city. john you spoke with experts tonight about what they believe is coming next with the wentz injury and when he can come back. >> reporter: that is correct. what we should say though is that we don't know when or where or who will operate on carson wentz at this point. no doubt he and his family and others are talking to specialists as we talk here. what we did do today is touch base with the folks at penn medicine to get an idea about this kind of injury and what it can be done to remedy it. >> we can see this is the acl in the middle of the knee. >> reporter: the acl is a small piece of connective tissue inside the knee. using a model and sketches dr. br

in wentz's absence. jaime apody is live at the novacare center "action news" reporter chad pradelli is at the linc. jamie, let's start with you. clearly nobody was shocked when doug pederson confirmed the diagnosis today. >> reporter: yeah, no, jim i think that we all feared the worst and just hoped the news would be otherwise but this injury is such a blow for the eagles and their fans for a couple of reasons. first, carson wentz was having such a spectacular season. it sure does put a damper on their super bowl aspirations. this is a really significant injury. takes six to nine months to rehab. the 2018 preseason is about eight months away. and so that's a little tight not to mention there's no guarantee that wentz will be the same quarterback. we can only hope. let's take a look at this scene last night. a sight that gave everyone a pit in their stomach carson wentz being carted to the team bus in a knee brace after the hit that end the his season. it did not end his night. he stayed in the game to th

wentz leaves the field. he would not return to the game. nick foles took over, and it will likely be foles for the remainder of the season. now, the eagles defense came through whether it mattered most. fourth quarter, chris long, which stripped quarterback jared goff. and the mad scramble, rodney mcleod picks it up. the eagles would convert that into a field goal. now, the defense would hold on a huge third down right here. brandon graham, no time remaining, and the birds wrap up the nfc east winning 43 to 35. >> sports director don bell was with the eagles in la this weekend, he spoke with the team following the win, and the loss of wentz. >> you know, all weekend here in los angeles, it has felt like philly-wood. thousand cents cents of thousands of eagles fans descending upon this city to watch the eagles take on the rams. and for a large part of this game, it was a party. they all fell silent once carson wentz was injured and left the game. we believe he has torn acl. not confirmed. but here's what carson tweeted nfc champs so proud of

our star quarterback, carson wentz, down with a knee injury. this is the play that took him out of the game and it could take him out of the rest of the regular season. and through the playoffs. the team and eagles nation is dreading the official diagnosis we could all learn very soon. good morning to you. i'm erin coleman. the eagles will hold their regular media briefing in one hour at the novacare complex. we hope to learn what's wrong with carson wentz' knee and the game plan for next sunday's contest against the giants. nbc 10's pamela osborne talked to a doctor about acl injuries. >> reporter: well, fans have been wondering and in a lot of cases, worrying about that injury that carson wentz sustained in last night's game against the rams. this was wentz arriving back to philly early this morning. you can see he was limping. there's been a lot of speculation about what could be wrong. and right now, we're about an hour away from perhaps getting a concrete answer on whether or not wentz tore his acl. wentz was hurt during this play late in

carson wentz's corner -- they're all in carson wentz's corner no matter what. and the eagles' offensive tackle lane johnson tweeted, "prayers up for mao bro, carson wentz. we got you." and jordan hicks himself injured tweeted, "praying for my guy, carson wentz. hoping everything is all right." >>> in minutes we'll hear from wentz's teammates about the injury and where they go from here. ahead at 4:30, backup quarterback nick foles talks about filling in as the team leader. >>> new this morning, an apartment fire in south jersey has forced nearly two dozen people out into the cold. the american red cross is helping them find a place to stay. here's a look at the scene from gloucester township. the flames started spreading at the lakeview terrace parliaments before 9:00 -- apartments before 9:00 last night. a police officer suffer eed min injuries helping somebody escape a balcony. none of the residents was physically hurt. >>> witnesses told police someone pushed a woman from a pickup truck and a muscle car following close ran her over. when police arrived at th

wentz's injury and what's next. >>> accusers come forward. a group of women who say the president sexually harassed them are speaking out about their experiences. >>> legacy of love. a group of police officers carries on the holiday tradition started by a little girl who wanted every kid to have a gift to open on christmas morning. a lot to unpack on this monday morning. eagles, obviously -- high on that list. >> yeah, feel like we've been through a lot. >> we have. >>> good morning, this is "nbc10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. >> i'm via sikahema. 5:30 now on this monday. let's get to krystal klei and the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast accurate. tracking snow flurries. >> that's right. good morning, everyone. and we are looking at a map right now. it's not terribly active. there are a few s falling. a few flakes in philadelphia have moved farther south and east. you see the brush against the shore and slicing through cumberland, cape may, and atlantic counties. but it should be noted this is not a heavy snow in the least. t

that collective gasp when we all found out carson wentz's season is done.hank you for joining you us at 11:00. i'm lucy noland the season has been so promised filled. dreams of a super bowl and mvp got a whole lot of questions with carson wentz can nick foles lead to us championship? we've got team coverage of the eagles much chris o'connell live at lincoln financial field. he commiserated with fans tonight. joanne pileggi has a look at wentz's injury. we begin though with kristen rodgers live in studio. kristen. >> lucy it's ban bittersweet 48 hours for the eagles. they clinched the nfc east last in it carson wept done for the season now the question is, if the eagles can keep winning without wentz. the birds are calling on nick foles again to step n the guy has been here before in 2013 sesey hd ready to help league. doug pederson has all the confidence in the world that foles can deliver and as for any fans giving up hope pederson says this team will keep on rolling. >> you can't lose faith. i mean this is -- this has been resilient football team all seas

wentz tore his acl sunday southernly a tough loss for the eagles. >> lesley joins us with more on wentz'sessage. >> tonight he responded with a heartfelt message to his fans posting a video on his twitter account. >> what's up everybody. obviously it's been a rougher day for me. >> reporter: carson wentz suppressing his feelings on twitter after his knee injury. head coach doug pederson talked about losing carson. >> i hate it for the season he's been having but at the same time it's been the next man up mentality and that's how we approach it this week. >> reporter: carson was having a tremendous year, a favorite of the mvp race and broke the team record for most touchdown passes in a season. he promises to work very hard to get back next year and if anyone can do it, he can. >> going forward i will come back stronger than ever. i will use this as motivation and i will be attacking it this whole process as i recover. but at the end of the day this year we still have something special. >> reporter: his teammates and fans have been tweeting and texting him offering their support. number 11

trang do live at dilworth park now collecting well wishes for wentz. good morning, trang. >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. yes, coach doug pederson confirmed the fans worth feeling that carson wentz's season is overdue to torn acl. and since that news came out, number 11 has received a flood of support, from fellow athletes, as well as fans, and so we here at cbs philly wanted to join in on those well wishes. we want to take you over here, as you can see, we have this banner here at dilworth park. we're encouraging fans to come out and share their messages of support for him. you can see, there is a few signature on there already. so come on out. and in the meantime, went himself as well as coach peterson and fans are weighing in. >> what's up, everybody. >> eagles franchise quarterback carson wentz is down but not out. in a video posted to his social media account monday evening, he thanked friends and fans for their outpouring of support a mid news every his season ending injury. >> the th text messages, the emails, the tweets, everything, from

you win a super bowl with carson wentz. not carsonthe reason why you aro is carson wentz. defense terrific, run the ball , offensicarson wentz, that is y are 11-two andrew super bowl contender. >> nick foles has been in the playoffs before, he won mvp of the pro bowl it is not like he is chopped river, right. >> al ex, i wish, go back to nick foles here, and hey look he was 27-two you remember, we talk bit, but that was because of chip kelly's offense. no one knew about tempo, no one knew about chip kelly, nfl coach, so when he came in, coordinators didn't have any kind of tape. nick has this incredible run, remember game with the raiders , you know, but it was all bogus because no one knew what chip's scheme was and then they figured it out and then we saw what happened. >> he has no escapeability and i'm very concerned like everybody else is the offensive line, they are pretty poor yesterday. >> look here's the thing carson took way too many hits yesterday. if there is one lesson to be learned about this season it is doug

how carson wentz is reacting. that's coming up at 5:30. >>> an apartment fire in gloucester township has forced nearly two dozen people into the cold. the american red cross is helping them find a place to stay. the flames started spreading at the terrace apartments before 9:00. no residents were hurt. >>> out west, the largest fire burning in southern california right now is spreading to more communities north of los angeles. with high winds fanning the flames, firefighters are waging a battle with no letup. crews are waging an air war on the flames. helicopters, one after another, are dropping water to douse the fire. the choppers are also dropping slurry, a mix of water and fertilizer, to help protect trees and brush from igniting. on the ground, the work for firefighters is dangerous and exhausting. some crews have been working seven days straight with little rest. they're also helping to evacuate people and save lives. >> it's going to clean this in ten minutes. >> the fire has intensified every single day. >

for long the season goes the eagles will be without carson wentz.hat we don't know is what the offense looks like and how far nick foles can take them. the birds have plenty of fight left. >>> with the eagles it's not trust the process it's trust the pass, as in nick foles's and what made him the story of the 2013 season. >> nick foles has proven here in this city what he can do. >> carson wentz got hit hard at the end of the play. >> i love carson to death. he has my back. i'm ready to roll and lead this team. >> the league's second best run game including jay ajayi who is coming off his career high, 15-carry effort against the rams. >> regardless whether carson is back there or nick, late in the year trying to make sure your run games are on point. back up to foles against the giants. >> i'm very confident that he will make all the throws and i can move if i have to. >> certainly the eagles hope they don't need foles' backup. their attention is squarely on the man who served as wentz's backup all season. >> i know and everybody knows if you don't

carson wentz is our talent.ve other professionals that need to step up and i think they will. >> we rally. we support the next guy. you don't waiver. yowaver.you put your head down o work. you get everybody ready to play. >> the next guy is nick foles. he is now the starter. this is not the same nick foles from 2013, but coach and teammates expect him to get the job done. >> we drafted him for a reason. we got him again for the offseason for a reason. you never want it to be under these circumstances, but my confidence is high in nick. >> he can contribute to this team. he has the confidence you want in a quarterback. >> still ahead, >> eagles without-wents withoute to ron and he's bullish for the eagles. >> what do you say to the eagle fans worried, sad, nervous? >> after a loss of a great player like carson wentz, we get deflated, but get inflated. superbowl or bust. >> okay. cats to the new number one ranked time. 10-0 on the year, coming off victories of gonzaga and la salle. that's a look at sports. >> than

we will learn more about wentz injury later today. tweeted saying nfc east champs so proud of the resiliency of this team. i greatly appreciate all of the prayers. i know my god is a powerful one with a perfect plan. time to just lean into him and just whatever the circumstance s. and also, eagles linebacker jordan hicks, also out with an injury tweeted praying for my guy carson wentz, hoping everything is all right. hicks is also out with a right ankle injury. >> we want carson back but they are confident. >>> search on for two drivers in the hita woman in kensington. victim pushed out of the moving pickup truck, then run over by a car following right behind them. this happened on the 3,000 block of frankford avenue. sunday just before 2:00 a.m. month. man in her 30's died on the both drivers just kept on going. >> i was shocked when they accident, i thought maybe someone beat her, her head was up. >> it is scar that i something like that with happen and in one either stopped to see if she waska nothing, just senseless and way of lif

the reference to carson wentz's injury. and doug peterson is looking ahead. >> if he can't go, obviously got a lot of confidence in nick. you know, i office staff when we draft -- i was on staff when we drafted him. liked him. he's played a ton of games. he's a proven winner in the league. got a lot of confidence in nick as does he in our offense and what we're doing. we move forward. >> peterson says his players have "all the confidence in the wor world" in nick foles as quarterback. >>> as for foles, he entered the game in los angeles in the third quarter. he took control of the eagles' offense and did not waver. the six-year veteran led the birds down the field. helping them retake the lead with the late field goal before eating up a lot of clock. foles' biggest play was this pass to wide receiver nelson aguil aguilar. that pretty much sealed the game. huge third down, and a final, desperate play by the rams blew up in their faces with the eagles scoring with no time left on the clock. walking in with the touchdown. afte

quo now can eagles win without wentz? nick foles finished yesterday 's game for wentz and will finish out rest of the season a playoffs as well. good afternoon i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. amazing display of toughness wentz threw a touchdown pass after being injured, but it would ultimately be his last one for the season. our leslie van arsdal is live at the novacare complex with more on carson and the team's fate, leslie. >> reporter: hi there, jessica just him throwing that pass shows how tough this player is that is why fans loved him so much and this really is dooms day scenario that he would be out for the season but that is the fact, the whole mantra has been next man up, step up, fill that spot and that is what nick fels will have to do his magical season is over, many felt it, they just knew it, as carson wentz walked off the field with the knee injury late in the third quarter on sunday. doug pederson delivering the news today, he did tear his left acl. >> yeah, i hate it for carson wentz. i hate it

carson wentz is our talent.rofessionals that need to step up and i think they will. >> we rally. we support the next guy. you don't waiver. yowaver.you put your head down o work. you get everybody ready to play. >> the next guy is nick foles. he is now the starter. this is not the same nick foles from 2013, but coach and teammates expect him to get the job done. >> we drafted him for a reason. we got him again for the offseason for a reason. you never want it to be under these circumstances, but my confidence is high in nick. >> he can contribute to this team. he has the confidence you want in a quarterback. >> still ahead, we see why ron jaworski still sees the superbowl. ♪ ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ you'll see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate...♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart. (vo) going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hun

carson wentz is out. nick foles is in. >> nick has played a ton of football, and i was here when we drafted him, we drafted him for a reason. we went out and got him again this off season for reason. >> reporter: coach doug pederson may be confident but birds fans not so much. >> dead inside. my hero is gone. >> reporter: it's not a good monday. >> oh, man, it was good win but, you know, as super bowl dreams right there. that's our super bowl right there, man. >> gone. >> reporter: foles can't do it like -- it ain't no wentz, man. >> although there is some optimism. >> i'm the eternal apartment mist and i think that we're all going to bleed green. >> it could still be our year. come on. these other teams are lousy. >> reporter: you think we got hope still? >> i have hope. report fort we sound frustrated we are. after all, this was supposed to be our year. at 11-two and rolling into the playoffs, yesterday vegas had the eagles as a six-one favorite to win the super bowl. 12 hours later, they're no longer t

i asked nick if carson wentz made his presence felt at all. right before the game wishing him luck and you can bet he is as happy and proud as anybody about his eagles and their big win tonight. we will have much more coming up at 10 and 11:00 live at met life stadium jamie apody channel six "action news". >> jamie, thank you. more tonight on the eagles, that win, nick foles, that first round bye, when we join you for sports sunday at 11:35 ducis rodgers will be joined by eagles great brian westbrook, to talk about it all. another great win by eagles. >>> a check of the accu weather forecast is up next on "action news". >> also taking a live look from our sky six camera at city hall. ice skater enjoying a mild evening out there a check of the exclusive forecast when "action news" comes right back if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems, and could be on the journey to much worse. try parodontax toothpaste. it's clinically proven to remove plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. for healthy gums and strong teeth. lea

i don't think the season is gone because wentz could be out. >> carson wentz's injury comes with three games left in the season. the eagles will play yet another away game, against the giants on sunday. from philadelphia international airport, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >>> well, coming up on cbs-3 " eyewitness news," still waiting for doug pederson's news conference, we will bring it to you live when it begins. new allegations of sexual allegations against president trump, show how is coming forward with the allegation. >> and wild fires continue to rage out west. the latest on the the fight to control the flames in >> heads coach doug pederson is walking to the podium where he may be updating us on carson wentz's condition. >> is it -- >> it is what the report i got this morning, acl, yes. >> so carson's your quarterback, mvp candidate, can your team overcome? >> sure can. heck ya. we over came pro bowl left tackle. we over came our middle linebacker. we've overcome our running back. we've overcome a core special teams player this year, our kick they are year. this is no

wentz tore his acl sunday southernly a tough loss for the eagles. >> lesley joins us with more on wentz's message. >> tonight he responded with a heartfelt message to his fans posting a video on his twitter account. >> what's up everybody. obviously it's been a rougher day for me. >> reporter: carson wentz suppressing his feelings on twitter after his knee injury. head coach doug pederson talked about losing carson. >> i hate it for the season he's been having but at the same time it's been the next man up mentality and that's how we approach it this week. >> reporter: carson was having a tremendous year, a favorite of the mvp race and broke the team record for most touchdown passes in a season. he promises to work very hard to get back next year and if anyone can do it, he can. >> going forward i will come back stronger than ever. i will use this as motivation and i will be attacking it this whole process as i recover. but at the end of the day this year we still have something special. >> reporter: his teammates and fans have been tweeting and texting him offering their support. number

wentz was clearly devastated. showed a lot of resolve, though, and showed what made him such a great leader. >> what's up, everybody? obviously it's been a ruough da for me. >> reporter: down but not out. our quarterback looking up. this hit tore his acl, ending his season. >> i'm not going to lie, you know, i have a ton of faith in the lord, and in his plan, but at the end of the day, still been a tough one, you know, it will be tough on me for a little bit. >> reporter: wentz grounded for replacing eagles green with a north dakota state sweatshirt and you could see scripture in the background. >> maybe not o all of you are out there or christians or followers of jesus. i scan say with 100% confidence as a follower of jesus, i have the utmost confidence in his plan. >> reporter: wentz hasn't been the only bird to suffer from an injury from a promising campaign. in 1991, randall cunningham tore his acl. >> when i come back, i'll be back to the old randall. >> reporter: the eagles couldn't r recover then. in 2004 -

. >> carson wentz says we should be, feeling better about things, but i can tell by the way we dress that we don't talk to each other that we are in the funk. i would give ourselves 24 hours of funk. >> and then we have to be over it. >> this is like stages of grief. >> it is not that bad. >> acceptance. >> so give us 24 hours of funk let us be sad today. >> and a little mad like why does this have to happen to us >> sad and mad and scott williams. >> i do notice you are both dressed in black. twenty-four hours to mourn and we will try to move on as best as we can. scale of one to 10 today we will give it a six for your tuesday. there will be an arctic blast moving through late tonight. temperatures not that bad in the 40's for today but by this time tomorrow feels like temperatures will be in the single digits. ultimate doppler right now arctic front off to the west we have light snow, toward section of his of the poconos, lehigh valley, not a whole lot of moisture but look at temperatures 43 right now in philadelphia. forty-eight in atlantic city. thirty-nine in allentown. on avera

and coming up we'll hear from the man taking over from wentz. nick foles shares his focus now at 6:on20. >>> and the season of giving is being felt by hundreds in cumberland county. the so-called secret santa shelled out nearly 50 grand to pay off layaway balances at a local walmart. tonight we spoke with a few customers who now don't have to pay anything for their items. >> i'm grateful. they blessed a lot of people. >> it is awesome. if you have that kind of money to give to somebody who really needs something like that and just the economy these days, it is just a blessing. >> cumberland county is the pooshest estpeer poorest in new jersey. >>> and let's return to the arctic blast that is coming this way. the winds are picking up this ifg as evening as we look live at the wind turbines. >> and the entire region will feel the dangerous cold. this is a live look at cape may where temperatures are fault ing s ares are falling. >> and blenglenn "hurricane" schwartz has more. >> and you can see that the wind is picking up and it is a cold wind. fi

. >> reporter: wentz returned home with the team earlier this morning. in this video, you see that he's limping and by lunchtime, coach doug pederson confirmed the injury. >> it's for reasons like this and situations like this and i'm excited for nick, obviously. i hate it for carson wentz and for the career or the season, i guess, that he's been having. >> reporter: pieces of the news lit up as support for nick folz is no rookie. >> he's capable. he's not wars son wentcarson we. he's probably one of the best quarterbacks in the league and he's stepping into the role. >> to the fans out there, you can't lose faith. this has been a resilient football team all season long. >> i'm nervous. i'm glad he gets to show himself and maybe he'll get to where we want to be. but i mean, wentz, all the way, baby. >> reporter: i can tell you some eagles fans shook their head at us today. they didn't want to talk about the bittersweet news of wentz's injury. carson wentz will, in fact, have a huge say in the dialogue with nick this week to prepare to lead the team again

wentz through a touchdown to alshon jeffrey.confirmation and the eagles will not confirm that, to it is too too premature. doug pederson said they will not say anything until wentz gets an mri tomorrow. players say they trust nick foles can step up if wentz is out the rest of the season. >>> >> i've seen that guy take a lot and he know offense. everybody hopefully we'll get carson back this week. >> i'm excited we're winning the narcotic but it's emotional a guy you work with every day you think the world of. i said earlier he's the mvp, it's not easy but i know this team will step up. and rally no matter what. we'll see what happens from here >> coming up on sports sunday i'll have a lot more, what it means if the eagles lose him for the rest of the year and a look ahead as the birds have clinched a playoff spot. luc lucy? >> wea'rary joycing but also worried. we're talking with fans and one special fan who hope this is their year, live at lincoln financial field. >> we'll talk to that and hear from that special fan in a moment

carson wentz injured his knee during a touchdown in the third quarter last night. the team fears he tore his acl which requires extensive recovery time. mr sufficient is scheduled for today. bob brooks joins uses at lincoln field with reaction. >> reporter: matt, good morning, i would say it's a major loss, eagles best player carson wentz injured in the game. we have the video. we have reaction from fans and coaches and players, let's take a look. >> reporter: here's the play, wentz scrambles for the endzone and dives in, makes the score and see how his legs are sandwiched in between two rams players. we wait for the results of the mri to tell us how bad it is. >> it's emotional for me, i work with him everyday we do everything together, i'm excited we won, but at the same time i'm dealing emotionally seeing him go down, you never want that. >> he means so much to the team and the organization, a good guy and good friend of mine. >> when you're in these types of games and playoff type atmosphere your back is against the wall you need guys to step up and need player

ogletree almost gets a hit on carson wentz. but watch how he feels the pressure and steps up out of harm's way and extends the play well enough to get the ball off down the field. that's one of the things carson gives you that not a lot of quarterbacks can do. so the offensive line and everybody will have to pick up their game to make sure nick is protected first and make sure that he has time to throw the football. >> doug pederson says he doesn't have to change much with nick foles. what are the things he can do to help nick foles? >> i think the run/pass options, all of the things they do, they will continue to do those things. they will run the football because that's what they have to lean on. run the ball, run the ball well, and if they do that, i think nick foles will be just fine. nick is a veteran of this offense. he was 2-0 last year running the offense for kansas city. nick can run the offense without a problem. the guys around him will have to pick it up a little bit. >> coming up on the show we'll talk about an eag

quarterback carson wentz may have suffered a season-ending injury. wentz hurt his knee going for a touchdown against the rams in the third quarter. sources tell espn that the team fears he tore his acl which would require extensive recovery time. here's the video showing the eagles returning home a few hours ago, the wentz was with his teammates walking down the stairs, an mri is scheduled for today. "action news" reporter, bob brooks joins us live at lincoln financial field with reaction to all this bob. >> good morning, matt, could be a huge disappointment if it is an acl tear like you said. we spoke with eagles players, coach peterson after the game and fans of the eagles and their thoughts and possibly moving forward without wentz. here's the play, wentz scrambles for the endzone, he dives in and makes the score, you see how his legs are kind of sandwiched in between two rams players. we wait for the results of mri to tell us how bad the injury is. here's the eagles and coach peterson after the game. >> it's emotional for me, we work together eve

stir game last night bitter sweet rim over the rams on the west coast but big question will carson wentz return to the field after that major hit in the third quarter, that hit forced him to leave with the knee injury. lets get to lauren johnson live at philadelphia international airport where we are waiting for our bird, good morning, to you, lauren. >> reporter: yes, we are. it was tough to watch that play this morning mummies the word from the eagles until carson wentz officially sees a doctor and gets a diagnosis on that left knee. for now we are here the atlantic aviation waiting forbidder to land back here in philadelphia after being away for a week. hopefully this is not a season ending injury that just might derail eagles momentum, but lets look at the play, it was four plays before his final pass, third quarter, wentz scrapple also and decides he is going to go for it diving in the end zone. as he lunged a lineman attempted to stop him and mvp candidate took a hard hid to that left knee. he stayed in the game, finished the plays but eagles just score there and then we all knew i

fans and team members await an update on carson wentz. >>> a man withdraws money from an atm before thieves steal his money and car. >>> good morning, everybody, december 11. tam is off, jeanette reyes joins us, david and karen are here, as well. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, a good way to start the week, we have flurries out here, you have to be careful. >> reporter: especially down in south jersey, the temperatures are above freezing where we are seeing the precipitation. kind of hard to see the flurries, but wee up for you. let's go in close on that, this is pushing toward the east relatively quickly. it's snow, but it's light, as karen mentioned. even in dover and cumberland county where it is brighter ride. temperatures are above freezing in the areas, but low impact on roads. we have above freezing temperatures cape may, 37. 34 in millville. 35 in dover. starting to get on the other side of the snow shower there. 34 in philadelphia and wilmington. so far from philadelphia south there is not much threat of any icing from melting yesterday with that snowfall from saturday and

wentz stayed in for four more plays, eventually tossing touchdown to alshon jeffrey.ot long after that, he left for the lockerroom, and after the game he was carted to the bus, with a brace wrapped around his knee. back up nick foles finished the game. head coach doug pederson is impressed by wentz's performance. >> shows how tough he really is. you know, to be little banged up at that time. then to on fourth down to make that throw anal sean to make that catch. again, just mental and physical toughness by he as a quarterback. >> i'm absolutely ready. that's why i am here. so i'm ready to go, prepare every day, work every day, so i'm ready to go, need be. >> it sucks, you know, because more so forecaster on as a person, as friend and teammate , and what put into the game, his preparation,, to not have him go down in that fashion where we are on a night like this, it sucks for him, but as a team, we are behind him if nick foles is ready to go if carson can't go , which seems extremely unlikely, and the team says they have fate in foles they he tweeted nfc champs so pro

. >> what's carson wentz up to tonight? he may be done for the season.it, eagle quarterback starting a new tradition, gingerbread decorating battle, wentz wishing everyone a merry christmas on his instagram account. >> what fun it is to ride the eagle season, jolly old st. nick foles that can deliver to everyone the perfect gift tomorrow. i'm jeff skversky. it's 13 years since eagles had homefield advantage throughout the playoffs and a win tomorrow seals it. foles and the eagles are spending christmas eve at home with their families oppose today the team hotel. coach pederson wants them at home christmas morning with their loved ones, then off to work locking up the one seed in the nfc for the first time since their 2004nfl superbowl season. >> we control our destiny. we want to keep it that way. we don't want to depend on the vikings. you want to win every game you play in. we'll try our best to get the win. >> the way our season has been going this year, we have head aa lot of strides and stayed hungry. we have to play hard, be ourselves. >> while an

eagles did lock up the nfc east may have lost carson wentz for the year. third quarter, four minutes left, wentz scrambles and dives into the end zone. but, he gets hit hard on the play making matters worse, holding call, erased the touchdown, wentz left the game , and initial reports are that he suffered possible acl tear. our coverage begins this morning with don bell, at the los angeles memorial column see up. >> all weaken here in los angeles it has felt like phillywood. thousands of eagles fans, descending upon this city to watch the eagles take on the rams. and for a large part of this game it was a party. and of course, they all fell silent once carson wentz was injured and left the game. once again, we believe that he does have a torn acl, that has not been confirmed. but here's what carson himself tweeted nfc east champ, so proud of the resiliency of this team, such a special group of men, and i greatly appreciate all of the prayers. i know my god is a powerful one with a perfect plan. time to just lean into him and trust whatever the circumstance

carson wentz. he will be on the sidelines, at practice and couch pederson at pays he will be at the games when ready. nick foles is expect to speak to reporters here this afternoon at novacare complex and i'm sure at some point during that press conference karen and thomas we will hear high praise coming from foles about carson wentz. >> berth believe it. time to wipe away tears and lets move forward. lauren, thank you. >>> out for the season is always tough to hear with that torn acl. a doctor and patient says it is common in athletes after the collision like the one we saw during that game. acl is located inside the middle of the knee and there to prevent knee from going forward a lot of my patient that is injure their acls are contact athletes, football players larks cross, people involved in collision sports. >> we had to wait for swelling , that went down, to do surgery and then, it was six months, rehab after that, in order to start playing again. >> time line we don't like hear, still too ea

wentz confirmed that. wentz, according to a report on the team's website saw dr.ames bradley a surgeon in the upmc hospital system in pittsburgh. he injured his knee on a scramble for a touchdown. that was called back due to a pelt. no word yet on just when wentz will be ready to return to football activities. >>> more positive injury news zach ertz is in the clear. he did not play this weekend after suffering a concussion against the seahawks in seattle. he's been cleared and appears to be on track to play this weekend against the giants, which is good news for the eagles. >>> meanwhile, the rest of the team back to work today. nick foles took the first team as they get ready for the giants on sunday. the eagles playing for home field advantage throughout the playoffs on a first round buy against the struggling giants, they were asked about nick foles and everyone is confident that he can do the job. >> nick's proven he can play if the pieces are around him, if everything is set up to put him in a successful. we have good pieces on the offense, really good player

but they lose carson wentz.wn eagles injured quarterback and team did show resiliency and coming back without the qb on the road. john richie is joining me to break it all down for you you. hello and welcome to the jeep sports zone. i'm

wentz confirmed that. wentz, according to a report on the team's website saw dr.ey a surgeon in the upmc hospital system in pittsburgh. he injured his knee on a scramble for a touchdown. that was called back due to a pelt. no word yet on just when wentz will be ready to return to football activities. >>> more positive injury news zach ertz is in the clear. he did not play this weekend after suffering a concussion against the seahawks in seattle. he's been cleared and appears to be on track to play this weekend against the giants, which is good news for the eagles. >>> meanwhile, the rest of the team back to work today. nick foles took the first team as they get ready for the giants on sunday. the eagles playing for home field advantage throughout the playoffs on a first round buy against the struggling giants, they were asked about nick foles and everyone is confident that he can do the job. >> nick's proven he can play if the pieces are around him, if everything is set up to put him in a successful. we have good pieces on the offense, really good players. >> you

i hate it for carson wentz.e season i guess that he's been having. but at the same time it's been the next man up mentality and that's -- that's how we approach it his week. >> all right, we have team coverage for you tonight. sarah bloomquist spoke with fans about this major loss. >> first we head to john rawlins in center city. john you spoke with experts tonight about what they believe is coming next with the wentz injury and when he can come back. >> reporter: that is correct. what we should say though is that we don't know when or where or who will operate on carson wentz at this point. no doubt he and his family and others are talking to specialists as we talk here. what we did do today is touch base withhe

it was late in the third quarter as the philadelphia eagles was driving in rams territory wentz wentz back to pass scrambled to his right and dove across the goal line not before being sandwiched by two defenders. he would get up, he would play several plays, you could tell he was banged up, he threw a touchdown to alshaken jeffrey. he headed to the -- alshawn jeffrey, he headed to the locker room, the bad news, wentz has a torn acl. >> each one of these guy guys that i mentioned is tough to replace. you know what the reason we went out and got nick foles is for reasons like this and situations like this. i'm excited for nick, i hate it for carson wentz, it hate it for the season he's been having, but at the same time it's the next man up mentality and that's how we approach it this week. >> reporter: peterson said nick foles has won a lot games for the eagles, he is the pro bowl player. when you talk to fans, with wentz they believe they had a special player, a player that could take the team to the super bowl and win it. at this point we'll see if the team gets home field advantage

now wentz's job is to recover. wentz sent out this picture on social media last week after the surgery in pittsburgh. he thanked his girlfriend for being by his side and said his comeback has officially begun. with me now is local sports psychologist dr. joel fish. dr. fish runs the center for sports psychology. he has worked with athletes from youth sports to professional and olympic athletes as well. thanks for being here. dr. joel fish: thank you. erin: all right, many professional athletes have come back from acl surgery, like new england's star tom brady, for example. he does very well. we know they can physically recover and do their jobs well, but what about mentally? how do you get your head back in the game after something like this? dr. fish: very rarely does the emotional and the physical part of rehab go hand in hand. the emotional part of rehab has to do with, "can i really trust my body? if i dive and run, what are the chances this is gonna happen again?" so, wentz and any other people going through r

what's next for wentz? doctors at surgical care center in limb riericlimerick. they said he will likely have a new ligament made from a tendon inside his own body. >> i'm friendly with one of his coaches, and one thing that he told me about carson wentz is his dedication, his work ethic are second to none. >> still awaiting confirmation is wentz' surgery, it's typically one month for the recovery process. >>> snowy owls are popping up all along the shore. officials at the wildlife national refuge say over the past few weeks, there have been several snowy owl sightings. typically found in the arctic, there has been a population spike after a successful breeding season to our north. so we got the snowy owl and we've got some snow to look forward to, too. >> we do but first we have to get througdt. let's gethe souza. >> this will be the coldest night of the season, maybe more so than last winter, because last winter was pretty mild. let's start in allentown. it looks really pretty out there but feels not so pretty. 23 is the actual air temperature, and it feels lik