Cooper Kupp says NFL should not play games on turf Hands down we should be playing on grass
Cooper Kupp says NFL should not play games on turf Hands down we should be playing on grass
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Last weekend, SoFi Stadium played host to the and . During that game, three star players appeared to suffer injuries that will keep them out for multiple weeks. Chargers wideout sustained a high-ankle sprain. Seahawks wideout suffered a knee injury that required him to be carted off the field. And Chargers cornerback suffered a ruptured patellar tendon.In the wake of those injuries and more around the league, players and coaches are speaking out regarding the danger to players of playing games on turf rather than gra s. The latest to join the chorus is wide receiver , who also plays his home games Derrick Jones Jr. Jersey at SoFi Stadium, where the aforementioned injuries occurred."It's not even close," Kupp said regarding whether games should be played on turf or gra s, . "I know there's stuff going around the league right now, there's some i sues. Hands down, we should be playing on gra s. Hands down, we should be on gra s. And that's all I'm going to say." LAR WR #10 TAR72REC56REC YDs607REC TD4FL1 Kupp was also asked whether his statement applied to the turf at SoFi Stadium in addition to other stadiums, and he simply responded, "We should be on gra s." Following the injury to Metcalf last week, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said the i sue of turf vs. gra s is something "we Bam Adebayo Jersey definitely need to look at this really seriously in the offseason again," . "It's been a discu sion before. We've got to do what's right, and we've got to do what's safest for the players, and we've got to make those choices. I would pound on the drum for that."SoFi Stadium is not the only game surface that has come under fire. Earlier this season, after two players on his team suffered season-ending injuries (Ja'Wuan James and ), coach John Harbaugh turned his ire to the turf at MetLife Stadium, which has come under intense scrutiny multiple times over the years."Everybody in this league should do everything they can to put the best surface out there," Harbaugh. "How much is invested in the players who go out there and play? Our league really is -- it's a player-driven league. And we want those guys to have the best of the best, especially surfaces to play on. ... That turf at MetLife was matted down, it was packed down, it was a little tight. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be, I don't know. But that's what I saw. It was a little tough." The Max Strus Jersey NFLPA has made playing on gra s surfaces a focus in discu sions before, but as injuries keep piling up, it may force the players a sociation to become more strident. If reducing the number of injuries is po sible, teams should be willing to accommodate them, regardle s of whether it costs more money to play on gra s than turf.
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