Played well. Firing. And wide open. Touchdown my gut was, youat . Im g to maintain my aggressiveness. Not take a step back. Him saying hes follow changing anything, just says a lot about his confidence in me and his confidence in the players and the offense. Thats been the messae this whole year is guys have had to step up. S action news sports sunday. Audi. It wasn pretty. It wasnt easy. But the eagles get the win they needed. He secure a first round bye. Welcome into sports sunday with brian westbrook. Im ducis rodgers. The eagles escape with a 3429 win over the lowly giants. If youre the birds, how do you feel about the Performance Today . It wasnt great. You didnt play excellent. However, you achieved your goal. Win and the first round bye. First game without carson wents. The highlights, giants get e ball first. Dokra from the one. The first couple series, t defense had no answer. Getting the ball out of his hands early, and they ran it up and down the field for the. Iants 13play, 75 yards. Near six minute drive. The eles come back with 75yard drive of their own. Nick foles to alshon jeffery. Nick foles showed up today. Surprised an awful lot of people. Alshon was the recipient year. But surprised people thought without carson wentz this team was up done. Microfoles stepped up perfect four for four on the that drive. 137, giants, a crossing route to sterling shepherd. Listen, the defense has to step up, make a play. And right there, you cant miss these types of tackles. The defense the last couple weeks has missed way too many tackles. They have to figure this out into the playoffs. We need gang tackling to be effective. 207, giants. Shepherd, 7 catches for 133 yards in the first meeting in week three. Thats a little bit of a pick right there too. Didnt call it. First three possessions. Third quarter, eagles down one, foles to nelson agholor. Nelson has been playing out of his mind the last few weeks. There was a point last year where we never would have thought that we would say its great that we had nelson agholor. Put us in a great position. I love the oop. But could do a better dunk. This is a great catch. Gets the ball, takes it question from the defender. Im impressed by nelson agholor. First straight with seven receptions. Eagles you were 3123. The giants dont go away easily. Manning to king, and he does the dirty work. A great running catch. At some point you get beat by good quarterbacks. Eli manning is a good quarterback. You have to make the tackle at the 4 or 5 yard line and allow the defense to set up and play d and try to get him out of the end zone. Instead, they get a touchdown. 57 yards. Manning, 434 yards. A jake Elliott Field goal makes it a game. The eagles get us back. Bout time. Couldnt get off the field on third down. And finally the big stop. We have a lot of work to do. We got the win. A lot of work to do. A lot of good things for coach to talk about tomorrow. The birds win 3429, now 122 on the season. How big is it to get that first round bye . Secure that . Well, i think this team is a little bit tired just from that long west coast trip. The legs look a little bit shot. They have to get their legs underneath them. Next couple weeks will allow them to rest their bodies a little bit. That first round bye is huge. Jamie apody has more. Reporter it seemed like it it would be no problem. 7. 5 favorite to get two win giants team playing out the string. As the eagles their Blood Pressure could tell you, it was anything but easy. Win it round bye is the first round bye, and they have earned a right for the playoff. We have everything right in front of us, obviously. Got a great opportunity. We could do more in the post season. So get a little bit longer week, get the guys rested and ready to go. We have a lot of work to do this season. We cant focus on that. I think the big thing is, you let your body recover. Its a long season and you can guys who are nicked up can help with injuries, but we have to finish these games out strong and keep improving and for me, i just can get more reps and building in the repetitions with the guys. We have work to do. And we have to get better. We have work to do. You have to win games once you get in. The bye is great, but we have to play good football. Reporter how good does it feel to clinch that bye for you guys . A good thing. A couple less games to the big one. Yes. Were in control of our destiny. Reporter so whats next . Home field advantage throughout would be nice. The eagles can secure that should the vikings lose to the packers on saturday. If not, beat the raiders on Christmas Day and two more home games would be a nice gift from santa. Ducis and brian. Jaime, all right. Good, bad and uglies in the. Ame. How did he perform compared to your expectations . For a guy thats been on the shelf for a long time, nick foles performed absolutely great. Led the offense up and down the field. Opened up the run game. Able to make all the throws. He won the game. At the end of the day, you could say he didnt perform well didnt start as fast as you want to. But at the end of the day, the goal is to win the game. And they seal the first round bye. Nick foles did a great job. Four touchdowns. Cant complain. This was a great game for foles to get his feet wet again. Huge. I mean, just getting back out there playing a full game on the road in new york. But to come here and face a bunch of different things, have guys step up. Special teams and defense makes plays. Offense. We switched off throughout the game. But we stuck together and we had some adversity early. It was a great game to get a win. I thought he played well, really well. Im sure, you know, theres some things that he would like to do over, obviously, each game is going to be that way. But i thought he handled himself well. Poise, took shots and bounced up and did a nice job. He did his thing. Just operated like we thought he would. And, you know, he threw a bunch of touchdowns today. I think he quieted a lot of you guys. So, you know, it was good for him. All right. Still ahead here on sports sunday, the defense looked like it was sleep walking at the beginning of this game. Brian will tell us how worried we should be about that side of the ball. Thats coming up next. Action news sports sunday continues right after this. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im 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. Were back here on sports sunday. Mentioned the win over the giants was not pretty. The giants came in as the 31stranked offense in the nfl. The eagles allowed them to go 56 on third downs. What was the biggest problem on defense . Early on, started sluggish. Talking about the defense in the front four. Has dominated a lot of games this year. And coming out of the tunnel, the front four did not dominate. Disciplined, jumping offsides. Holding penaltieses, jaylin mills. Missing tackles. And this Football Team was not playing disciplined, Eagle Football like they have done early on in the season. If they want to win talking about playoff games if they want to win in the playoffs see much better skill position, Wide Receivers rubbing back and much better quarterback in the future. We have to get for the on the defensive side to win in the theyre going to see a lot of slants. The players say they they see the problems and feel they are correctable. The majority of it was just lack of execution. You know, wasnt anything special that the giants were doing. Anything that we want to prepare for. Didnt execute. So figure its a good lesson. Showing us things that we need to address if we want to be a championship team. Just a few things that we can do better. You know, as a defense. And one is being critical of ourselves. You know, nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes. But, you know, at the end of the game, we all came together, settled down and make some big place and won the ball game. Clean things up, obviously. Cant have ten penalties and expect to win. Couldnt get off the field on third down. Something we have been good at on defense. But im not concerned. We saw a little bit of it last week against the rams. And a week before in seattle. How concerned should we be about the d going forward. Thats a big concern. Youre talking about the 31stranked offense in the league. If you cant execute against that team, how hard is it going to be against drew brees and matt ryan and julio jones and what theyre going to bring to the table . This defense has to play better. The good thing is they kind of got solid in the s thats a good thing. They can build on that. But they have to start games a lot faster than today. Correct the mistakes. While the defense had issues, the special team were on point. Brian and i will give the special teamers their props coming up next. Its the rest of the days sporting news. Coming right up on action news sports sunday. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. All right. Were back. And todays victory over the giants. The eagles locked a p. A. T. , a field goal and a punt. How big was that unit . To win in the playoffs, you node offense, defense and special teams. Today, without special teams, a blocked punt, extra point and field goal, they dont win this football game. Giants kick a field goal to win it. Cant win without special teams. Im glad, they have begin up returns in the past couple weeks. But it was huge this week. And should continue to roll in the playoffs. Once again, the birds do score board watch. Keeping an eye on the top seed in the nfc. Jeff skversky is here with more. With a win and a minnesota loss today, the eagles would have locked up Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs, but the eagles have to wait until next week to cross that off. Need a win against the raiders or cowboys to clinch that home field throughout the nfc playoffs. Minnesota, who will host that super bowl is a contender after another win. A vikings eric kendrick, Michael Kendricks brother, the 31yard return. The vikings clench the north title with the 347 win over the bengals. The eagles have to wait until next week to clinch home field throughout. In the nfc, patriots and steelers. What a finish here. Unbelievable, Ben Roethlisberger in the final seconds, trying to win the game. To jesse james. Is he in . Originally ruled a touchdown. However, it is called back. No go. Its overturned. Steelers with another shot to win it with the clock winding down. Big ben makes a big mistake. Picked off. By the patriots. New england hangs on to win, 2724. Clinching their ninth Straight Division title. Pats and steels are at 113, and eagles, best record in football. Sixers, no jojo against the bulls. Joel embiid will not play in chicago. The sixers will rest him. Embiid does not practice today. Fultz is close to coming back. Sixers say hes getting a break after playing a careerhigh 49 minutes friday night. Overs have to step up. Losing five of the last six and theyre on the outside of the playoffs. How good are we . Where are we . What level of the patience do we have to have . And then being able to come out at christmas saying, i think i know. I do think i know. And like this is the area that we have to drill down on to make the playoffs. Thats our goal. College hoops. St. Joes hosting maine. How about newkirk. Drives, banks two of his 19. St. Joes wins, 7259. They are. 500. Lasalle back to. 500. Reboundingbounding from the loso villanova. And 16 threes, two shy of the school record. Lasalle up 20 at the half, win 9585. They are 66. Guys, everybody winning today. All right, jeff. Jeff, thank you so much. Up next, well get back to the eagles. A date with the Oakland Raiders coming up next. We will discuss that after the break. Ay with. Stay bright with dunkins holiday coffee flavors like brown sugar cinnamon, and peppermint mocha. Grab your favorite and make your holidays happen. The holidays run on dunkin. 1thats like a big yummy hug. . So hug it up hug more. Hug large. Hug medium . Hug that. Live it a hug life with 1. 99 medium or larger hot chocolate. America runs on dunkin. Action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. Challenge all givens. Heres the exclusive accuweather seven day forecast. Its cloudy on monday, but it will be a little milder by the afternoon. A touch cooler north and west. Tuesday, sunny and warmer, up to 56 for a high. Wednes cooler in at 45. Seasonal on thursday. In at 42. Cloudy on friday, afternoon rain developing. A high of day. And 58 next saturday. Ducis and brian, back to you. Melissa, thank you so much. The eagles will host the Oakland Raiders next week. The raiders took on the Dallas Cowboys tonight. The cowboys won 2017. What would you like to see next week against oakland . The biggest thing. I want to see the offense continue to do with they did. And the defense has to stop drives. Get off the field on third down. I want to see the defense from the middle and the beginning of the year. Not the defense we have been seeing the last couple weeks. A big back in marshawn lynch. And if the eagles win and theres marshawn lynch. Definitely a load. We talk about missed tackles. This team missed an awful lot of tackles. This guy is going to challenge you. If you try to tackle me, im going run through you. Its important they gang tackle this week coming up. Hes not going down with the arm tackle. Not down with one guy trying to get him. We have to surround him and bring him to the ground. As jeff mentioned, theyll get Home Field Advantage throughout the playoffs. And if minnesota loses one of their next two. Lets say the eagles wrap this up next week, what do you do in week 17 . Im going to practice my guys really hard and then at the end of the week, make a decision. Did we practice hard enough . Doug pederson said a couple things about the team not executing during practice. If they dont in the last week, im going to play a couple series in the final regular season game just so theyre prepared for the week off and the playoff game. How to bans that between you dont want anybody to get hurt. But you want to keep them fresh. With that first round bye, it will be a couple weeks before they play another game. The most important thing for coaches is to make sure the players are fresh. We were going really, really good. We were in the playoffs every year. We have playoff pedigree and experience. This team doesnt have that. So for me, if im the coach, making sure these guys continue to work. Im not going to grind them into the ground. But continue to work. We cant afford a slow start in the first playoff game. All right. The eagles take on the Oakland Raiders next week. Hes brian westbrook, for the crew, im ducis rodgers, see you right back here next week. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im 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. Im karen rogers. And im alicia vitarelli. Tonight on fyi philly. Hohoho. Were spreading holiday cheer. Wooohoo. With festive fun far and near. music from cheerful light shows. I love santa. To traditional family favorites. So good. We take you on a holly, jolly journey to the merriest destinations all around philadelphia. Hello, and welcome to fyi philly. Happy holidays. We are at the historic grange estate in havertown. The history of this estate dates back to the 17th century and as you can see they love to spruce it up for christmas. Theyve got 14 trees in here, well give you a look around throughout the show as we take you on our fyi philly tour of things to do this holiday season. And we are starting with an amazing array of light shows. The macys light show has