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 for the career, or the season i guess that he has been having, and at the same time, it has been next man up mentality and that is how we approach it this week. Reporter now eagles turn to veteran backup nick foles last quarterback to suit up for eagles back in 2014 in a playoff game with the saints. Foles will be starter going forward. This is a team that has overcome a lot this season and Doug Pederson believes they can do it again, he has this message for the fans. You cant not lose faith. This has been a resilient Football Team all season long and, you know, if there is ever an opportunity for me as a head football coach to rail troops now might be the time. We just came off a tremendous victory, to win the nfc east, gu
Over the position after having to fill in for michael vick. That year, he threw 27 touchdowns and his two interceptions and 13 games, including seven touchdowns after an nfl record and traded to the rams in 2015 and ended up in kansas city with his own coach last year and signed as a free alth this year. Doug pederson made it clear that the eagles are moving forward with a positive outlook. Nick has played a ton of football and i was here when we drafted him and got him again off season for a reason and you never want it to be under these circumstances but at the same time, and to the fans out there, they cant lose faith. This has been a resilient Football Team all season long and, you know, if theres ever an opportunity for me as head football coach to rally the troops, now might be the time. Now with all of the focus on wentzs season being over, its easier to forget the eagles are still 112 and assuring them a top four season in the playoffs and a first round buy in their sights. Muc
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. Brian senate walked us through what might have gone wrong inside of Carson Wentzs left knee. A tear can occur as an athlete plants a foot and pivots. The foot is planted the body rotates and thats when the acl tears. Reporter the good news it can be repaired. A trip of tend can become a graph. Holes are drilled above and below the knee. The graft is threaded through the holes anchored by screws and in time senate says the replacement acl will actually be stronger than the original. This is an injury where it will require surgery and it will require a rehabilitation but you expect him to be back on the Playing Field next year and that he will make a full recovery from this. Reporter within days maybe even just hours of the surgery, wentz will be
This morning. It has thinned out. A few showers moving through lancaster and into western berks county. But this stuff is not even reaching the ground. Its falling into dry air. So that very light precipitation drawing out before drying out before it reaches the ground. Temperatures above freezing in the Lehigh Valley, the suburbs. In philadelphia. So even if a few of those flakes do reach the ground, not going to amount to much if anything. 43 degrees right now in philadelphia. 42 in delaware. And now up to 39, the temperature is climbing this morning in the Lehigh Valley. A few light rain showers are possible for philadelphia, the suburbs, new jersey. The Lehigh Valley, 44 degrees this afternoon. Ill break the day down hour by hour, show you when youre more likely to see a few of the raindrops when i come back in ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. Were watching the Lehigh Valley right now. 78, our cameras at lehigh street. No problems now. Everythings movi
40s but for winter to officially begin that is where you should be. Storm scan empty, while your winds are coming out of the north northwest there is not much strong wind to go with that. That is the flow of the wind but doesnt mean it is windy per se. Thirtyone at the airport, that is if you want to call it mild, mildest spot of the bunch but we are below freezing there. It is cold but again, minus wind today you dont to have worry bit feeling too terribly harsh and we expect sunshine now it is first day of winter according to the astronomical calendar, the winter solstice taking place at 11 28 this morning but it also marks shortest day of the year, in terms of the daylight amount anyway. Nine hours and 20 minutes is all you get but at lee weak see sunshine through the day, 44 degrees is daytime high. That is where we should be. But with time we will warm up, tracking a couple systems and probably even some wintry weather for christmas. We will get to that. When i lived in sweden i s