Nick foles has taken his team to super bowl lii. The opportunity to compete at the highest level in the largest game against the best thats what we play this game for. Thats what we look forward to. I want to go to the playoffs you want to go to the super bowl and obviously we want to won. All the guys who wouldnt said getting married and having the only things is the only thing that can compare g weve work our whole lives to get to to this point. You cant just be happy getting here. Both number one seeds. One of them will be under are crowned world champion. We got to win this thing. Getting goosebumps from that kind of talk. Our gary cobb joining me live. Gary, thanks so much for hanging out with us tonight. My pleasure. Definitely dont want to be outside. No. Then you get real goosebumps thats when you have to button up. Lets talk about eagles practi practice. They had their last friday practice of the year today and some good news for fans. Because tim jurnigan practiced today. He was out for back to back days with an illness. He is good to go. So every single eagles player full go today at practice. Again they were over at university of minnesota and theyre indoor practice facility. Just trying to tie up loose ends before their walk through tomorrow over at us bank stadi stadium. Now, gary, as a former player, what kind of pressure mounts at this stage before a super bowl . Well, its huge. You really want to try to focus on what youve got to do in the game as a player you dont want to get caught up in all the things that are on the side. Of course, everybody, the whole nation is watching. But you dont want to focus on that. You want to focus on what exactly is your job. What do you have to do in different situations. Focus on the detail of your job. Thats more relaxing. You start looking and thinking about how big this game is, this is the biggest game ive ever played in in my life. Guys get nervous from that. But you focus on your job, look at the detail of your job, thats more relaxing and that really is where your effort needs to go and thats whats going to make difference in winning or losing the game does gary, youre touching on it right there. Obviously youre talking with on the former players. Talk wig current players. Yeah. How important it is to just stay in this moment. Despite all the distractions around the super bowl. Youre right. I mean if you think about it, it really can be amazing. Amazed about how big this game is. Every play means so much. But that really i dont think its positive energy. What you want to do is be thinking about how can i do my specific job to contribute to a win. Yes. You think about the specifics of your job, and its more relaxing. Plus, its going to be the difference in the game. Yes. You go out and do your job. For instance, you tack about tim jurnigan. Of course he and fletcher cox are going to play her here key e in this game. That guy number 12 and speaking of, putting on pressure on number 12 because i know exactly thats thats exactly what youre getting to. The guy who puts together that blueprint in 2008, eagles assistant Steve Spagnola he knew exactly what to do that if he want to take down the patriots and tom brady you have to put pressure on it. He spoke with us about that earlier this week. No quarterback likes pressure. But you got what tom is really good at hes very balanced in the pocket in that spot he sits on and the best thing you can do is find ways to get him off the spot. I know the eagles are kind of built that way and hopefully that will help them in this ga game. Spagnuolo is from new england and he coached with the eagles. So who is he rooting for on sunday . Okay. Horse what i go on the predictions. Im from boston. My in laws are from philadelphia so i stay right down the middle. 50 50 well find out when we get to the game. Well thats one way to make your prediction there, steve spagnuolo. Coming up well continue to talk bout giants specifically week three and how big of a spring board that was for the eagles to get here to the did you do something with the hair before you game. I definitely touched it up. High. Its super bowl sunday. Got to have that green popping for sure. You know what they say. Look good, feel good. And eagles have been feeling good since that week three win over the giants. Lets take look back at how did he wouldnt it, of course n jake elliot 61yard field goal. It really was a spring board for the rest of the eagles season and back then even jake elliot knew what it meant for this team. Yeah, i mean, um, you hear some of the guys around the locker room talking just how it could have been a momentum changer and thats kind of when we realized this could be a special point. Doug pederson knows what big win that was for the eagles and says it showed this team what their character. We probably dont win those games a year ago, last year we were seven and nine and our team, our team finds ways to win those games, and we made a big throw and catch at the end of that in regulation to set that field goal up, and, um, it just kind of that just sort of ignited, you know, finish. Talk about finish as coaches we always talk about finish. And for more on how much that ignited this eagles team our tom srendenschek has more. Kristen to me that game defined this eagles season and really was the launch to get them here to super bowl lii. If the eagles had lost that game and fallen to one and two with back to back losses and heading to la to play the chargers who knows which way this season would have gone. It gave this team a boost of confidence as they headed west. The giants in turn im told by giants official viewed that game as a spring board for their season. They were one and one looking to go to twoone they located it like the 2007 season they were zero and two wanted Division Game against the redskins and it started their season on a role that led them to a super bowl title. So to me it was way back in september but that jake elliot field goal is a big reason why this team is in super bowl lii. Gary cobb joining me again. Gary, how big in your mind was that jake elliot field goal to really get the eagles to where they are now . It was huge. Because you had a giants team first of all they were play off Team Last Year a lot of people pick the giants to be a Super Bowl Team this year. But the eagles beating them and beating them in the last seconds like that to beat what was supposed to be play off team gave them lot of confidence. Really what you had is two teams going in different directions. Of course, eagles went on to have a great season and the giants just fell apart. So that was a huge game. It was make or break for both teams at that point gary. Lets take look at the game at hand. Super bowl lii eagles patriots. Taking a look at the underrated patriots running game and dion lewis a former eagle. What can you say about the patriots running game. The thing about them is they do great job of running inside with quick traps but they get outside on sweeps and really thats the thing that concerns me. Because the eagles have had some problems. They let some teams get outside with the sweeps so i expect thats where new england is going to attack. Theyre going to try to get outside with dion lewis very quick hes not that big but hes got good speed, great quickness and hell be able to get outside but they got to definitely keep containing the defensive ends namely Brandon Graham and vinnie curry are going to have to do a good job of playing contain. Make sure you turn that ball back inside so very important. If theyre having trouble getting them outside, that will be problems for the defense. Gary, real quick. What can you tell us about what dion lewis has been able to do with the patriots. The thing about him is, like i said hes got great quickness so what he does is, hes very good in running routes. Because he doesnt really just out run you, but what he does, he goes down, when he takes his break, very quick coming out of the break. And brady looks for him. That really the new england patriots, they like the advantage. They see what theyre running backs against linebackers. So theyre going to be running routes on the eagles linebackers Michael Kendricks and my gel bradham have got to do great job of covering their backs because it will be dion lewis and james white, brady will be looking for them on third downs so they got to cover those guys. It wont be easy job. I would advise go up and attack them because theyre so quick, they come out they make a quick move its very difficult to cover them. You know its interesting talking with dion earlier this week yes, he made for the eagles but he says its kind of a non factor for him even though it is on the biggest stage of the super bowl. I tell you, hes had a great career with them. Brady has a lot of confidence in him and hes a young player but over time hes developed and he reals has blossomed for them. Also, does a great job running screens. Yeah. So if im a linebacker if ive got him, im going to go up and i am going to be as close to him as i can get because if you let him get going they can really be problems hes made big plays for them throughout the playoffs. You can youll see number 33 with his hands on the football the eagles have got to do a good job against him. Going to be tough. Yes, it is. Well have more from the patriots perspective but really how the eagles can beat new england. Keep it here. Welcome back to fox 29 news the chase for championship. Im joined by tom liden out of the fox 25 in boston. Thank you so much for talking with me tonight. Totally this an awesome set setup. You know its a super bowl. Theres so many diss tracks. The players are trying to put them out of their mind theyre here at mall of america. Its very very hard thing to do. It is. I want to start with boston and what the patriots think of the eagles because theres been so much talk of the kings of the nfl and patriots against the underdogs that is philadelphia. Theres a lot of respect. Ill go this far. Ill say based on what ive heard everybody talk about this week not just the players but everybody surrounding the team, i think that theres more general respect for the eagles this year than there was for the falcons last year. Wow. I think thats because the falcons last year were to me kind of look like this is a weird team to get to the super bowl i know matt ryan had mvp year and Everything Else but the eagles have been so good all year. If you go back to the falcons last year i think they were 11 and five. I wouldnt have made them the favorite to go to the super bowl. They had good post season and they made it eagles have been a team that hasnt blown anything all year they keep winning and winning winning when that happens theres a lot of respect. Lets talk about nick foles for a second, because a lot of people still calling him a backup quarterback when you walk in mall of america the first thing you see is tom brady next to nick foles. What do the patriots thing about the challenge nick foles bring. They its about more than the quarterback any team that can consistently win even when you have such a devastating loss as they did with the probable mvp. If carson doesnt get hurt hes the mvp. League for that offense to keep rolling, says something about the system. Says something about everybody else around the quarterback. Also says something about foles he was able to come and capablely handle the offense from how the plays are called how the game is run and how he gets all his key guys involved. In that regards theres a lot of respect and Matt Patricia when he was speaking to him a couple days ago it says a lot about this team that they were able to consistently rally around foles and keep it rolling. I know. Its not just tom brady as you just mentioned its not just about quarterback. Also about ten other guys as well but tom brady five super bowl rings. He is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. What is he like for philadelphia fans that dont deal with him on every day basis. Its testing before i body mode to boston i was in detroit and really close as close as you could be to an nfl quarterback with matthew stafford. I saw him at the super bowl last year. So what its like dealing with brady. Matt, ive spent more time with you in the last ten minutes than ive spent with tom brady in two seasons. Wow there are very few people who get personal time with tom. Its very very controlled. Most of his availability is going to be up behind a deyes. He limits how much he speaks during the course of a week. I think the most access that we all get to tom is this week. Yeah. Because he just spoke over the course of four days for about four hours. I cant tell you the last time that tom brady has spoken at that length. So in that regard, hes a tough guy to get to know. But you kind of sacrifice the personal connection for what he gives you on the field. Umhmm. Because this is the super bowl, because theres the mystique of the patriots, thats something eagles have been talking about. They recognize that. Is that real . Is that real within the patriots locker room. Any time that theres a belief the other team can come back no matter what the score is and theyll have that for eternity now after you come back from 28three and of course they come back from the tenpoint deficit against the jaguars couple weeks ag you got to think the guys on the other side line will be nervous know matter how big a lead they might get they play it sounds cliche one ill use this entire segment they do plate 60 minutes. Weve seen that time and time again. Do i think this game will come down to the last few minutes, doesnt it always . It always comes down to the last couple of minutes when theyre in the super bowl. It will be a chess match of coach belichick and doug pederson. He has a super bowl ring as a player not as head coach. How excited are you to watch the matchup. I love the chess match that comes with it its going to be emotional because his assistants two top lieutenants ma pi tasha and Josh Mcdonald are out the door. When you have that sort of scenario of the last time these two teams played theyre assumption special to them knowing their taking that field together for one final time theyre going to give everything they have to try to win that game. Perfect. Tom, thank you so much. Our final thoughts on eagles eagles. You got to do it better than that. Eagles. Eagles. Did you not spell it right. Eagles, eagles. I absolutely love that. Philadelphia royalty there rodney pete and of course mt. Airy native Holly Robinson giving us eagles chant. They are pumped um for the game. You know who else is pumped up, the voice of the eagles merrill reece. I had a chance to talk with him earlier this week to see how different it is to call a super bowl than regular season game. To be honest kristen its the same as a regular season game. It really is. You can overdo these thing. You can load up with so many statistic that the broadcast gets loaded down and boring. Its a very big night but its still football and you prepare as you would prepare for, well, the nfc champion shim game g whats the anticipation like because of what this entire team has been through this season to get to this point. I think the anticipation is that the third time is the cha charm. This is their year. Its finally going to happen. But you never know. I mean there are certain things that have to happen for them to win. Certai things that can happen. If youre playing like they did against atlanta they turn over the ball two time in the fast half they wont beat the patriots if they resemble the team we saw against minnesota theyve got great shot. So the anticipation is great. Whats up usual about this team is the fact that the other two Super Bowl Teams back in 1980 and back in 2004 were both teams that were expected to make a serious run. This team virtually came out of nowhere. Going into the season even optimists thought maybe they can win ten games. Maybe they can make the playof playoffs. And i thought so, too, if, if they stayed relatively healthy. But heres a team that lost jason peters, they lost best linebacker jordan hicks. They lost their great utility back and returner darrin sproles. They lost their kicker Caleb Sturgess they lost their best special team Chris Maragos and then they lost their Great Quarterback whos the mvp of the league regardless of how any voting goes and they still managed to win 13 games. Thats remarkable. The ball is spotter. The 60 away and the kick is its good and eagles win how much fun has it been to call this season . For me, its fun to call every season. But there are painful experiences along the way. I remember the team that all they had to do was beat tampa bay in the last game at Veterans Stadium and go to the super bowl. That was very very painful. But this season you think about all of the games. You think about the 61yard field goal that beat the giants. You think about winning on the road in carolina. This has been a pure joy. Have you thought about what the emotions are going to be like for you on super bowl sunday morning before the broadcast starts. Im nervous every game day. Im nervous before preseason game. Once the game begins, my entire focus will be on football. But as far as my emotions, if theyre ahead and it becomes almost a fate a compli and those final seconds dick away and you know this is really going to be a become a reality, who knows what my emotions will be . Hopefully my eyes will remain somewhat dry. Heres hoping that merrell reece has a big smile on his face after super bowl lii. Thats going to do it for us here for fox 29 news the chase for championship. Well be back here tomorrow night, same time, same place. But for now, fox 29 news at 11 00 is next. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at