Steve Smith Sr. HATED playing on turf #shorts

Steve Smith Sr. ached after playing on turf fields during his playing career. So why do so many NFL stadium's have it?

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[wizard-kkbc]

No reason the nfl should still be playing on turf, it’s causing so many unnecessary injuries every season and has taken many careers

[marlonsmith]

Player safety has never really been their #1 concern

[jdcd]

Played on turf in high school, shit literally burned my skin off 🤦🏽‍♂️ I don’t kno how the pros do it lol

[mayzoh]

“And da file cabinets got FILES IN EM” idk why but ts took me out 😂😂

[treycowart]

Bruh playing on turf in high school alone had me feeling like a 50 year old man..couldn’t imagine continuing that for another 10-20 years

[divineeye]

We played tackle football on turf when I was a kid, it was called concrete then.

[lord.th]

In highschool and college every single time we played on turf I got injured, which was a significant amount bc I played soccer and football ( in Louisiana it’s rare to have high schools with dedicated fields) even in “turf cleats “. Not saying I was on their level but hearing so many pros speak out against turf years after gives me the peace of mind that it wasn’t just something I made up in my head. Also found out most nfl non contact injuries have happen on turf

[mehlek]

When I was younger all we played on was grass and whenever we got the chance to play on turf it was exciting cuz it felt like we made it lol to a degree, I never knew turf was worse than grass that's interesting

[taltonhall]

Players should require ALL teams to have grass fields through collective bargaining

[JohnWilliams-wmdy]

Playing on turf is like playing on concrete with carpet on it. ACL and Achilles tears been going up and up

[thomascolbert]

Giants are finally switching to grass next year. They lead the league in acl and meniscus tears.

[MrMshy]

Its not the surface its the training and how we move!

[zachphillips]

My school played on grass which would turn to mud and snow by November.
I always loved when we played road games on turf.

[fredrichoshunrinde]

Damn this nigga just explained my lower back issues better than I ever could.

[rottiedad]

Man! Moving cabinets with files in them!! Dressers with clothes! That’s no joke!!

[rohanjoseph]

My legs and back start to hurt when I played on turf . It’s bad . My legs calf area was so in pain I couldn’t run lol

[iheartmfs]

i rm my freshman year i was so happy to play on turf for the first time, the first tackle, half of the skin on my knee was gone

[naomicollins]

....I dig this conversation; new grass is sooo minimal in comparison to the damage turf does to the players🤦🏾‍♀️

[kilgoretrout]

Even though I was trying to do more cardio in my 30s by running on pavement with my dog, I was always getting hurt after a few days. I switched to running on grass in the park and my joints feel like I'm in high school again lol.

[tylerroe]

The league has too much god damn money to be making these dudes play on turf. It’s shredding ACL’s, knees, toes, hips, ankles, and backs across the league and shortening careers unnecessarily