Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Turf debate heats up again ahead of Ravens-Titans game at Tottenham Stadium: ‘Just look at the results’

LONDON — Odell Beckham Jr. is not a fan of artificial turf.

Last December, in the wake of New York Giants veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepherd suffering a torn ACL in a game against the Dallas Cowboys, Beckham took to social media to blast the MetLife Stadium playing surface. “Just get rid of it all the [expletive] bro,” Beckham tweeted in response to a video of the noncontact injury. “Billions made off this game I can’t understand why we can’t play on grass.”

Beckham knows the field well. As a member of the Giants in 2017, he suffered a season-ending broken ankle there in a game against the Chargers when his leg got twisted with that of defensive back Casey Hayward. Ever since, the star wide receiver has had issues with the ankle, including each of the past few weeks after tweaking it in the Ravens’ win over the Bengals in Cincinnati, which also plays on a synthetic surface...

Turf debate heats up again ahead of Ravens-Titans game at Tottenham Stadium: ‘Just look at the results’ (baltimoresun.com)

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