Yahoo! Sports · Oct 9, 2022
Playing surface for Giants-Packers passes inspection, despite seam concerns
As the Giants and Packers prepare to play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, there’s a concern about the playing surface.
As one source explained it to PFT, there’s an issue with seams in the artificial turf playing field. There are “deep dips” in the some portions of the seams. Last week’s injury to Vikings safety Lewis Cine on that same field occurred in the vicinity of one of the seams.
It’s a “BAD surface,” the source said.
Not bad enough to fail inspection, however. The NFL Players Association acknowledges that there is “a seam along the numbers that was the concern,” but that the field has officially “passed” the joint NFL-NFLPA pre-game review.
