Jets lose Alijah Vera-Tucker for the season

[LEBills]

24 minutes ago, Beast said:

They have 2 teams and high profile college games….plus I believe soccer games in that stadium. I don’t see how a grass field would be feasible. Heck, it may even be more dangerous with the way a grass field can get chewed up.

If owners were serious about player safety rather than maximizing profit, they could make it work. But they aren’t so they won’t. One NFL game a week (none of this back to back day stuff), not accepting college games if it would pose a bad issue for the playing surface, the overlap for soccer and football seasons is pretty small. It comes down to the synthetic turfs costing less money for maintenance as you pointed out. 

[MJS]

On 10/9/2023 at 8:49 PM, AuntieEm said:

There's been a rash of Achilles tears gotta be something to the turf or other field conditions.  

The fields are not different from last year or the many years previous, other than the odd stadium upgrading theirs.

[Jerome007]

2 hours ago, LEBills said:

If owners were serious about player safety rather than maximizing profit, they could make it work.

I think owners want to keep their stars on the field. Jets didn't pay Rodgers to not play. Nor the Bills for White. These injuries happened on home turf too. 

[Beast]

2 hours ago, LEBills said:

If owners were serious about player safety rather than maximizing profit, they could make it work. But they aren’t so they won’t. One NFL game a week (none of this back to back day stuff), not accepting college games if it would pose a bad issue for the playing surface, the overlap for soccer and football seasons is pretty small. It comes down to the synthetic turfs costing less money for maintenance as you pointed out. 

You may want to read this. Pretty informative.

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38624943/injuries-safety-measures-more

 

 

[Captain Hindsight]

On 10/10/2023 at 12:04 AM, John from Riverside said:

That is a huge loss

Arguably the biggest they will have this season