‘In the past, the Bills were reluctant to practice on the carpet-style artificial turf inside Growney due to the wear such surfaces cause on knees and joints. But synthetic athletic fields such as the one Fisher is getting are kinder on athletes’ bodies – crushed rubber pellets surround plastic grass blades, acting as millions of tiny shock absorbers. “The players really like it,” Mularkey said. “If we were on it more (in camp), I don’t see it as a problem at all. And any time you can create a game-type atmosphere, that gets the adrenaline flowing.”‘