PHOENIX — The Giants and Jets will play on a brand new artificial discipline this season at MetLife Stadium, however the co-owner of the Giants hopes that’s not a everlasting answer.
“I foresee a day, my hope is we will get to a day sooner or later sooner or later once we can have a grass discipline that we’re in a position to keep with two totally different groups and all the opposite occasions now we have,” John Mara mentioned Tuesday on the NFL conferences. “I feel we will get there sooner or later, Possibly it’s a hybrid product or one thing.”
The slit movie artificial turf presently in place at MetLife Stadium is commonly cited by gamers as one of many worst surfaces within the league.
The brand new discipline might be monofilament turf.
The Giants, through the 2022 season, introduced in a number of samples of various surfaces for gamers to face on and check earlier than deciding on their new turf.
The record of those that had been injured on the previous MetLife flip included the Sterling Shepard’s season-ending ACL harm on Sept. 27 of final yr in a Giants loss to the Cowboys.
In 2020, the 49ers misplaced Nick Bosa and Solomon Thomas to torn ACLs throughout an early-season matchup with the Jets.
Within the 2022 season opener towards the Jets, Ravens nook again Kyle Fuller was misplaced for the yr after tearing his ACL.
The Giants will even put down the brand new turf at their indoor follow facility.
MetLife Stadium should get a grass discipline put in when it hosts the 2026 World Cup.
“The gamers have been vocal and clear about this difficulty and it’s a good step to listen to them that change must be made,” the NFLPA mentioned in an announcement to ESPN final November it was introduced MetLife Stadium could be upgrading the turf.
“The change is not going to come quickly sufficient, although, for gamers who might be at larger danger the remainder of the season. We count on that no matter floor will get put in subsequent yr will meet the very best security and efficiency requirements attainable.”
