Starters hardly participate in the NFL preseason to begin with, but add in poor field conditions, and you get 33 Green Bay Packers sidelined for their matchup with the Oakland Raiders on Thursday night.
Those who do play at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, will do so on a shortened field, per ESPN's Rob Demovsky, after a hole was discovered in one of the end zones before kickoff:
Paul GutierrezNFL, #Packers and game officials check out the “hole” in the end zone before #Raiders game. https://t.co/N8JBhBAYx2
According to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, there was talk that the game would be played on an 80-yard field "to avoid the patches," and ESPN's Paul Gutierrez confirmed that length, with 10-yard lines serving as the goal lines.