Field Condition

I do not know if there was already a thread about this but the field yesterday was horrible. Three players injured their knees badly, including a kicker. I do think the field had something to do with it, and Joe Buck called it "Dirt with paint over it." - or something along those lines. I thought it was atrocious how bad the field looked for a playoff game with that much time to prepare.

Pete Carrol had this to say about the field:

“It was horrible,” Carroll told Brock & Salk of ESPN 710. “It’s a horrible field. It’s as bad as a field can get for being dry. And it’s too bad, it’s really too bad. And we deserve better. . . . We deserve better. . . . It just was worn out. And there was a lot of slipping and all that kind of stuff.”

“We should just expect to see a better field at that time of year,” Carroll said.

Pete Carroll says FedEx Field was “horrible” | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/pete-carroll-says-fedex-field-was-horrible/)

The Redskins Were Done In By Their Own "Crappy" Field (http://deadspin.com/5973748/the-redskins-were-done-in-by-their-own-crappy-field)

Just searching for some opinions on what happened with the field yesterday and why an NFL team provided such a poor surface to play on. There are hundreds of high schools with better surfaces than that. You can just look around Northern Virginia. What are some thoughts to possible movements since the stadium is 20 years old and obviously the field needs major improvements.

Just put down field turf and be done with it.

I swear I remember the opening game there in '97 against the Cardinals and huge divots were coming up all over. It's always been a problem.

the redskins were the only team that had to play on the field, unfair :stop:

the redskins were the only team that had to play on the field, unfair :stop:

I think the injuries effected them a lot as well. Losing Clemons is huge for their Dline and having an injured kicker is never good thing for playoff games.

Just put down field turf and be done with it.

I swear I remember the opening game there in '97 against the Cardinals and huge divots were coming up all over. It's always been a problem.

It would be nice to have the turf just to enhance the speed of the team. No reason not to really.

don't a lot of players blame field turf for leg injuries?

the grass is always greener...

don't a lot of players blame field turf for leg injuries?

the grass is always greener...

It's not perfect either, but it's got to be better than what we've got, which is one of the worst fields in the league.

don't a lot of players blame field turf for leg injuries?

the grass is always greener...

I do not have that much of a problem with grass. But I do have a problem with the poor condition of the field yesterday.

I have a problem with a $1.6 billion franchise having a field that bad. Hire the greens keeper from Augusta National for goodness sake.

Isn't the field in Pittsburgh worst? Also, how many years did the turf in the old Meadowland stadium tore up knees before it was fixed?