I remember when I was still living in Pittsburgh, driving by trucks filled with new turf on its way to the stadium before the start of the playoffs. Heinz field also host collage games on Saturdays, and that field never looks as bad as what the Redskin’s deal with.

Artificial turf isn’t necessary, and if they need advice in Washington on how to use natural turf, they should consult the Rooney’s.

Clemons’ injury may have ahd something to do with the crap field but RG3 has nobody to blame but himself for his knee injury, except maybe the center for a bad snap.
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Seriously? Did you watch the game? Griffin was doing fine (maybe not 100%, but still solid) on that knee until he tripped over a divot in the field while rolling out to the right on the play before the second touchdown. There was no contact, and as much as one may dislike Griffin, labeling him clumsy is a little more than ridiculous. After the first fall, his knee began to worsen quickly, resulting in a lack of mobility which led to a couple of sacks, causing the knee to become less stable.

The bad snap was obviously the straw that broke the camel’s back (one might say the 200 pound barbell that broke the camel’s back). But it wasn’t even that terrible of a snap, and quarterbacks reel in bad snaps all the time, the problem came about because Griffin’s knee had degraded to the point where he was unable to adjust to the snap, causing a fumble, which led to his knee going one way and Griffin going the other as he dived for the ball.

Griffin’s knee could theoretically been injured at another point in the game even without the initial fall. But in actuality, tripping on the divot during the second drive was the root cause of the decline that led to the full-blown knee blowout.

Having just reviewed the game tape on my DVR, it appears that, while the ground certainly didn’t help, Clemons’ injury was more of a typical D-Line/O-Line battle with footwork, strength and size leading to an unfortunate injury for Clemons.

Point is, that while it’s a damn shame for both players that FedEx Field was in substandard condition, Clemons injury could, physically speaking, have occurred on the world’s most perfect field. Griffin’s could not have.

Redskins should be fined or docked draft picks for this blatant attempt at cheating.
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Don’t worry bro, Mara’s already on it. Expect Washington to be stripped of all their remaining cap room and Robert Griffin’s physical therapy team by 10 AM tomorrow.

They won’t, because their whole mindset on issues like this is not to bring it up because they think they will have to give something up in order for changes to be made before something bad like 2 torn ACLs happens- and when they do happen, they wait for the league to do something to fix it, just so the PA can stay in the way because, God forbid, the league does anything unilaterally to try to improve conditions for the players

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The commisioner tried to mandate safer helmets, leg pads, etc in the last CBA negotiation. Guess who flat out refused to include any uniform requirements for player safety? The NFLPA. Don’t blame the commisioner when the NFLPA resists the changes.

I bet if DeSmith would suggest to Goodell that mouthpieces be required as well as safer helmets, etc, it would be league mandated by the weekend. This is an NFLPA failing, not the NFL.

NFLPA would probably take it to court if he did…

Snyder probably does use the field as a temporary trailer park during away games. It’s all about maximizing the revenue. Clearly money doesn’t buy you sense. Or class.

Two NFL careers (RG3 and Clemens) took a serious hit in a single game as a result. Not saying they’ll sue Danny Boy, but just for argument sake, why would they not have a case? Yeah, they signed the waiver. But still: “I’m saving a few bucks on turf and you both get reconstructive knee surgery as a result.” Seems like a bad deal to me.

The gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow….what sweatshop pays it’s employees 150K a week? Comparing an NFL game (on any field) to a sweatshop is an unfair assessment.

Its very clear the league doesn’t give a rat’s rear end about the players.

What is clear is the league’s attorneys are very concerned with future league liability due to concussions and certain other issues. If they could get the players to sign waivers saying they would never sue over concussions or head injuries that cause long term damage 95% of the helmet to helmet penalties would disappear the following day.

The league is being run by its attorneys these days and I’m surprised they don’t already have one on each sideline to force players like RGIII to sign waivers if they go back into a game after they are clearly already hurt.

A better idea is to have each field individually certified on some recurring basis. Never going to have 31 uniform surfaces, but should be able to have 31 safe ones.

So stop complaining about things that are within the scope of acceptability, or match up your actions to your words otherwise you are being unfair to the league with your characterization.