Packers-Raiders could use ‘shortened field’, per report

Due to concerns with the field, the Green Bay Packers and Oakland Raiders could use a “shortened field” during their preseason game on Thursday night.

Tonight’s game between the Packers and Raiders takes place at IG Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. But in the buildup to the game this evening, there have been concerns about the field.

Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that only about an hour prior to kickoff, a group of Packers staff, and team president Mark Murphy, were looking at the field in the north end zone.

And with there appearing to be a potential issue in that end zone, Fox 11 Sports Director Josh Moser reported that there is talk of the game being played on…