Should Fedex Field upgrade and get Synthetic Turf

Watching the game on Sunday i noticed how awful the field looked...Josh Wilson even got his foot stuck in a patch of grass that ultimately gave up a touchdown. I think it would make the field look a lot nicer, not to mention have the team playing faster if Danny Boy was to invest in synthetic turf...your thoughts??

It seems like Wilson has tripped in every game this year and two of them were on the turf. I kind of like the Grass field. Just wish we would put new grass down or something b/c youre right it does like terrible.

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes! in today's NFL i don't know why synthetic turf isn't mandatory for ALL stadiums.

I think it's time. Especially since it looks like we want a fast offense.

We used to play on Howard University's Football field. They had the Synthetic Turf and it felt good. It didn't look that bad either. It sucked though when you had all of those black pellets in your shoes. But I think it might be the best way to go. Remember the field after that Army/Navy game last year against the Patriots. It was crazy.

Fake or natural? I have always been an all natural kind of guy..........oh wait, we're talking about what again?

I think it's time. Especially since it looks like we want a fast offense.

We used to play on Howard University's Football field. They had the Synthetic Turf and it felt good. It didn't look that bad either. It sucked though when you had all of those black pellets in your shoes. But I think it might be the best way to go. Remember the field after that Army/Navy game last year against the Patriots. It was crazy.

thats my biggest complaint...college teams play on our field...if i was player i wouldn't get to hype to play on a field that looks beat up...

With the technology that's gone into artificial surfaces now which is as almost akin to a natural surface, I can certainly see the benefits of teams going down that route.

Hail.

Grass forever.

I miss seeing dirt and grass stains on the field. When did grass become no good? Its what i grew up playing on. The guy who invented turf must be the same guy who started selling water in bottles.

Some of the biggest soccer clubs on the planet have switched over to this system, as well as the Broncos, Eagles and Packers FWIW:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desso_GrassMaster

Hail.

Some of the biggest soccer clubs on the planet have switched over to this system, as well as the Broncos, Eagles and Packers FWIW:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desso_GrassMaster

Hail.

Now this I might could go for.

Now this I might could go for.

That's the thing man.

Artificial turf technology and research is now producing a product that far removed from the rock hard version of the 80's it's unrecognizable. It's now about as close to natural grass as it's possible to get.

Hail.

Nothing beats grass

Yes! in today's NFL i don't know why synthetic turf isn't mandatory for ALL stadiums.

I have the complete opposite opinion - I would ban artificial turf and mandate grass. I'm not even keen on domes.

That's the thing man.

Artificial turf technology and research is now producing a product that far removed from the rock hard version of the 80's it's unrecognizable. It's now about as close to natural grass as it's possible to get.

Hail.

I thought the black rubber based was the best tech right now. The fact this artificial turf is only 3% of the surface and the rest natural grass is appealing.

That's the thing man.

Artificial turf technology and research is now producing a product that far removed from the rock hard version of the 80's it's unrecognizable. It's now about as close to natural grass as it's possible to get.

Hail.

I remember playing soccer at Deepdale on the 'plastic pitch' at PNE back in the late 80's. it was like concrete - mainly because it was concrete with a thin layer if sand on top and the artificial grass on top of that. Not fun for a goalkeeper.

I have the complete opposite opinion - I would ban artificial turf and mandate grass. I'm not even keen on domes.

My learned friend does also advocate the leather helmets and mud ball games of his youth, but he's not figured a way to sell that to you all yet.

Hail.

That's the thing man.

Artificial turf technology and research is now producing a product that far removed from the rock hard version of the 80's it's unrecognizable. It's now about as close to natural grass as it's possible to get.

Hail.

i've ran around on the stuff a few times.. and it feels great!! very progressive technology, IMO.

I'd look at the stats, and whatever produced the least amount of injuries is what I'd install at FedEx, IMMEDIATELY!!! We have got to get a handle on all these injuries year in and year out.. Bad luck is getting pretty old as an excuse.. The turf, the training staff, something needs to be addressed!! And yea, the FedEx sand trap looks like crap most games..

Do people still think that "turf" is still produced the like the old Astrodome turf? Which was basically just carpet?

If we had the choice to do it, I'd be all for it.

I've been thinking this for a while. If we're going to continue to host college football teams and outdoor concerts, and field a fast football team, then I think moving to Field Turf would benefit us greatly.

I think the "I like seeing grass stains, grass is how we grew up" thing is kind of dumb. FedEx probably has one of the better grass fields in the league and it still isn't very good. It's still beaten up and torn up from when Kenny Chesney played there, plus the drought, plus the soccer game. I don't think teams go to Field Turf because they want to keep jerseys clean; I think they do it because aside from the annoying rubber pellets, it's just a better playing surface. It's weatherproof, easily repaired, you can field a faster team.

Plus RG3 is allergic to natural grass. Doesn't matter since he played on grass at Baylor, but still, every advantage counts, right?

Forget the "I love seeing grass stains and watching players get dirty". Screw that. Give me a fast football team that wins on Field Turf over grass stains and bad fields in November anyday.

Do people still think that "turf" is still produced the like the old Astrodome turf? Which was basically just carpet?

If we had the choice to do it, I'd be all for it.

I knew it had progressed past that. I thought the rubber pellet based was the best now, but the stuff GHH is talking about seems light years ahead of that, practically natural grass as durable as the fake stuff.

I remember playing soccer at Deepdale on the 'plastic pitch' at PNE back in the late 80's. it was like concrete - mainly because it was concrete with a thin layer if sand on top and the artificial grass on top of that. Not fun for a goalkeeper.

Aw la. They put one in at our HS the mid-late '80's and it was horrid. The ball would bounce in every freaking direction, and me ma' got sick of the holes in me kecks through all the sliding tattles' we used to put in as we couldn't hold back even in a kick-around. Open sore burns from the artificial carpet were an occupational hazard for soccer crazy kids that just wanted to be kicking a ball around every chance they had.

I remember Jim Smith and QPR thinking they were serious challengers in '88 due to nobody being able to win on their plastic when they had like 6 or 7 of the first 10 at Loftus Road. Kind of capitulated when the away games on grass caught them up though.

But back to the thread at hand and 'proper' football. :pfft:

Hail.

Skins are historically bad at FEDEX Field so there's really nothing to lose by going to turf. FEDEX is also one of the worst fields for place kickers. I played on pellet-turf, its quite nice.