could it be leading up to chip kelly trying to trade for marcus mariotta. sam bradford has missed 25 of the last 32 games over the last two years including all of last season up. see it right here. he tore his acl in each of the last two seasons. nick foles will be going to st. louis. they like him. he was 14-4 as the eagles' starting quarterback under chip kelly but chip is trading him. he made the playoffs in his first year under kelly but nick was hurt most of last season with a broken clavicle. and he will was an andy reid draft pick. get this out of the 62 players that andy reid had on his 2012 eagles team just two seasons ago, just 16 of them are now left. the chip kelly makeover continues. eagles announced it they have officially traded lesean mccoy to bills for akiko alonzo out of oregon. it's fast and furious. we'll have more in about an hour. >> we hear draft picks involved we immediately think and wonder if that opens doors on draft day, you eluded to a possible move about a qb from oregon. >> chip kelly loves marcus mariotta. he said marcus was

well multiple reports out today say they're planning on bringing in oregon quarterback marcus mariotta for a predraft visit. he won the highseisman trophy and he led the ducks. many experts believe the 21-year-old leads the second best quarterback prospect behind james winston of fsu. they have until may 3rd to decide if they want to exercise that $18 million fifth year player option on robert griffin iii's contract. let's move over to the ice for a moment. the capitals have every reason to come out motive alted at the verizon center. the guys still fighting to lock up a playoff spot but more importantly, you do not want to see your head coach berry get swept by his former team twice in the same season. the capitals taking on nashville. first of back to back games. predators off 2-0. off the capitals turnover. phillip, he fires and here and he was drafted by the capitals. then traded. scores the 23rd goal this season. justin peters came in to replace him and net. second period. capitals looking better after a troy broward goal. it's 3-1. that put the capitals within one. later in the p

. >> reporter: many wonder if chip will use sam as a chip in the draft for marcus mariotta. >> i think that's crazy. >> reporter: chip was offered a first-round pick today for bradford and chip now has ten oregon players with the birds. he said mariotta is the most talented player he coached at oregon. come on he won't try to trade up and get him? >> we will never mortgage our future to go up and get somebody like that because we have too many other holes to take care of. >> reporter: chip kelly said he did not set out to trade his top three offensive stars. >> to get something, we have to give something up. we thought the opportunity with lesean mccoy came up you have an outstanding young linebacker we got alonzo and maxwell for lesean mccoy. with-d we want to lose him, absolutely not. >> reporter: the owner says chip articulated a dynamic and clear vision for the new approach. chip says it was jeff's call. >> i didn't make any suggestions. i just talked about the vision of this thing. he came back to me with what he wanted to do and how he wanted to do this. it's his decision on how

the team wants to move up in the quarter bark and select marcus mariotta. he said he would never mortgage the team's future to get a higher draft pick. but if he were 10th -- >> reporter: maybe. >> if they lose 16 games they get a high draft pick. >> reporter: not this year, right. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're looking at dry conditions. as we take a look outside we've got clear skies overhead. you'll get plenty of sunshine today. you can seem the camera jiggling a bit we're looking at winds building today. it's a bit breezy as as we step outside. the current windy is dropping out of the of the north/northwest at 17 miles per hour. the cloud cover has vacated the stage and now we have pleasant of sunshine coming-- plenty of sunshine coming up later on. generally speaking it looks bright. 41 degrees by 8:00. 46 degrees by 11:00. 51 by 2:00. the high today will be 52 around 3:00 p.m. sun and cool today. high temperatures north to south, 46 in allentown. 49 in toms river. 52 in wilmington, millville and atlantic city and 50 on the peninsula in cape ma

chip kelly says marcus mariotta the oregon quarterback, is the most talented quarterback he's ever coached in college. if he can get a draft pick out of the rams maybe another draft pick, trade a couple more picks maybe he could move up and get his guy, marcus. right now sanchez and bradford could start for the eagles but mariotta is the wild card. >> more from you later on. appreciate it. insure on you team coverage continues with nbc10's christine maddela. you've been talking to fans. what do they think of the latest move? >> >>. >> reporter: fans are nervous, bradford tore his acl twice in one season. fans are still optistic. they say they trust chip. >> we wish a lot of success to nick foles but i think we're on to a new era in our football team. >> i wasn't surprised because i don't think he fits into chip kelly's offense. i've excited to see what maybe sam bradford will potentially do. i think i was more upset about mccoy. >> reporter: you nervous about all the changes? >> i am really nervous. i like chip. i like where he came from, oregon. he did a really good job out there. these t

mariotta. tracy davidson "nbc 10 news." >> another possible chip for chip. thank you. >>> 4:06 now. jurors in the retrial of a philadelphia priest are accused of molesting an altar boy. they will continue deliberating today even though it appears they have reached an impasse. edward mccormick was first tried last year but the jury couldn't reach a jury then after four days of deliberation. mccormick assaulted the boy in 1997 when the boy was 11. the archdiocese of philadelphia says mccormick is onned a min stray stray administrative leave after another accusation was brought against him. >>> mark hottsteyer took a teen girl to his apartment and had sex with free. he was freed last month. >>> and dash cam video from december shows warwich officers stopping jeffrey hamilton who smelled like alcohol, had slurred speech and failed three sobriety tests. in the video hamilton is heard asking the officers to call the mayor of warwich township which the officers did not do. >>> and one of these officer

mariotta who is in town. chip has said he's the most talented player he's coached at oregon. chip loves him. chip over the last few days says he's not going to mortgage the future to trade all the way up and get mariotta. marcus today says he doesn't think trading for new quarterback sam bradford would stop chip from getting him if he wants to. >> he's been an incredible piece in my life. he gave me an opportunity to play collegiately. he's been kind of a mentor for me. whenever i needed someone to talk to he's been there for me. i hope that relationship continues. >> when was the last time you were able to talk with chip or text with him? >> yesterday, actually. you know, he -- we were able to call after pro day and just talk a little about the process. he wanted to check in and see how i was doing. >> playing for chip kelly at oregon and the system he runs how do you think that will equate in the nfl for you? >> you know it would make the transition a little easier obviously, you know, playing in a system y

chip kelly supposedly trying to trade up for marcus mariotta. he says he's not doing that. who do you believe? we'll talk drama. the free agency frenzy has died down a little bit after a trade happy tuesday. here's a question for you. could the heisman winner be a redskin? according to espn's john clayton. that could happen. he made it clear on the sports fix that if marcus marriotta falls to number five on the draft board, the g.m. would definitely take him. clayton is based in seattle. he knows works. remember, he was in charge of personnel for the seahawks back in 2010-2014. so also went on to say if the skins take marriotta it won't be the end of r.g. iii in d.c. good luck. some local teams have already punched their ticket to the big dance. u.v.a. georgetown maryland but one team still looking for a spot on that bracket. the a.u. eagles have a chance to crack the 68. they'll play for a patriot league title tonight. second straight year that the eagles have played for a patriot league title and they'll take on lafayette. a team they've swept this year but tonight, the c

we'll have to see if kelly will keep bradford as a quarterback or use him as a chip to get marcus mariotta in the draft. >>> the fire chief is under investigation after a security worker says he dropped his pants in front of her. the woman says last thursday she was working at the entrance to the public safety building when asking dennis brooks to remove metal from his possibilities to go through the screening. >> at that point chief brooks undid his belt pulled down his pants and told my client he was having a bad day. >> standing there in his underwear? >> standing there in his underwear. one of the highest ranking members of the atlantic city government. >> the security worker has not decided if she'll file a lawsuit but she does want brooks to be reprimanded. nbc 10 made several attempts to get the fire chief's side of the story. we have not received a response. >>> meantime a gloucester county mayor accused of drunk driving is expected in court today for a hearing. dash cam video from december shows warwich officers stopping jeffrey hamilton after another driver called 911. police say

he says marcus mariotta may be the best quarterback in the draft, but he is not going to mortgage the future to trade up for mariotta. chip has liked sam for a while. eagles' offensive coordinator pat schumer coached sam in st. louis. >> he has an outstanding skill set. he's a big, strong, physical quarterback. he's over 6'4" 240 pounds he's smart, intelligent. one of the most accurate throwers. when you see him throw the football, i think he's smart, wired right. i think we had some inside information because pat shum her an opportunity to coach him for a year. we wouldn't trade him if we didn't think he had tremendous upside as a quarterback. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 we'll hear from chip kelly why he let go of lesean mccoy and jeremy maclin and nick foles. we'll also hear more from sam bradford who says he's recruiting demarco murray cowboys running back who used to be his roommate at oklahoma, and he hopes demarco comes here. john clark, back to you. >> lots to follow there, john. thank you very much. >>> a burning tanker truck closed a busy interstate between detroit and the

mayor oat that -- mariotta? >>> cartoonist shows coach kelly shredding the jerseys. this ruben, how it's being done, the general manager. phillies state they're in the beginning process of rebuilding that team. >>> imagine the power of a smartphone and tablet -- i don't know about this -- around your wrist? >> turns out it's the hottest piece of technology that doubles as a timepiece. we'll take a closer look at the apple watch, how it works, what it will cost and when you can get one for yourself. >>> coming up on "nbc10 news" at 6:00 -- collapse concerns. a south jersey family says they've been worried about their home for years. now the worst has happened. tonight nbc10 goes to the officials to get answers. >>> to breaking news from newark new jersey. a live picture as a fire burns at a warehouse. we're told a chemical company is housed here. we don't know what's burning at the moment. we also don't know of any injuries at this time. sky force 10 will continue to monitor this warehouse fire as we gather more