BOA's new turf takes it's first victim

[GOAT]

 

[Panthercougar68]

If I recall right I thought he got rolled up on by another Raven?

[hepcat]

I am interested to see if the turf causes more or less injuries than the previous field. Or the field not being an advantage anymore.

I remember that 2015 playoff game against the Seahawks and the grass being an advantage that day. The Seahawks came out in the wrong cleats because the panthers ground crew left the grass long or soggy or something. End result was 31-0 at halftime. Either way the Seahawks changed cleats at halftime and almost won the game. 

[Catsfan69]

Thanks Tepper you piece of crap.

[MHS831]

So we have to be careful and not overreact with ignorance like Catsfan before me.  Every injury is not to be blamed on the grass.  You have to look at the whole year and compare with the last few years at BOA.  Then do some advanced math (for some) and see which had fewer injuries.  Then you can start to investigate that hypothesis. 

[onmyown]

I didn’t think it’d bother me but I realized I really do prefer a real field.

Aside from cost, is there a benefit of turf?

[Zod]

6 minutes ago, onmyown said:

I didn’t think it’d bother me but I realized I really do prefer a real field.

Aside from cost, is there a benefit of turf?

Nope

[Mother Grabber]

total clickbait title made with zero evidence as to the cause of the injury.

[BIGH2001]

9 minutes ago, onmyown said:

I didn’t think it’d bother me but I realized I really do prefer a real field.

Aside from cost, is there a benefit of turf?

Easier for Tepper's soccer team.

[rayzor]

Great...so now every injury at BOA this year is going to be turf related?

Oye

[Proudiddy]

Wasn't our grass/field considered among the worst kept in the league at some point in recent years?  

I'm with whoever said it above, I didnt think it would bother me much, but for some reason it does.  That being said, supposedly turf does play faster, so I'm hoping we get that benefit from it...  but it just hasn't made much sense to me to put in an open/outdoor stadium.  And Tepper has the money that cost of maintenance on natural grass is like one of us accounting for our yearly spending on our candy bars.

[Smithers]

21 minutes ago, onmyown said:

I didn’t think it’d bother me but I realized I really do prefer a real field.

Aside from cost, is there a benefit of turf?

Maintenance.  Allows the field to be used for other purposes (soccer, college games, concerts, etc.) without compromising the readiness of the field for our games

[TbTeRRoR]

I posted an article to a sports medicine study in another thread a while back when we first swapped surfaces. The study showed that natural grass caused more lower leg injuries than the newer generation turfs. ......now the old astro turf....that was garbage. Superstition and old wives tales are the only reason people still believe this.       

Only thing you could knock against that article is it was focused more on soccer but If i remember correctly they did look at NFL injuries for comparison.

[Scott12345]

Soccer sucks