{"id":417845,"date":"2023-02-13T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=417845"},"modified":"2023-02-13T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:22:00","slug":"super-bowl-57-grand-sporting-event-of-the-year-played-on-a-horrible-slippery-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/super-bowl-57-grand-sporting-event-of-the-year-played-on-a-horrible-slippery-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl 57: Grand Sporting Event Of The Year Played On A Horrible Slippery Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chiefs defeated the Eagles, 38-35, in<a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/9h132Y\"> Super Bowl LVII<\/a> on Sunday night. It was an exciting game that was only somewhat hampered by a contentious call in the closing seconds and wholly overshadowed by terrible field conditions that should make the NFL feel ashamed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest game of the season for the league was played on a terrible, slick surface that caused players to lose their footing and tumble all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>Take a peek at what the Eagles&#8217; Jake Elliott experienced on a kickoff. Even more so than an NFL game, this shouldn&#8217;t occur at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL should be ashamed for this joke of a field for the SUPER BOWL. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GgnyYc09M4\">pic.twitter.com\/GgnyYc09M4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelFhurley\/status\/1624957986396418050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Super Bowl 57: Grand Sporting Event Of The Year Played On A Horrible Slippery Field<\/h2>\n<p>Super Bowl 2023 players were frantically switching cleats, although ice skates or water shoes could have been a better option.<\/p>\n<p>At halftime, footwear adjustments were attempted when players from the Chiefs and Eagles started stumbling on routes, cutbacks, and kickoffs. However, solutions remained elusive and took some of the spotlight from the Chiefs&#8217; historic 38-35 victory on the turf at State Farm Stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NFL has spent two years preparing the grass for tonight&#39;s field at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The grass was grown at a local sod farm in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>It was installed two weeks ago, and the field has been rolled out each morning for daily sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Total cost = $800,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Um8zZala2O\">pic.twitter.com\/Um8zZala2O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoePompliano\/status\/1624815283973005314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NFL&#8217;s year has not been good. Despite what Roger Goodell declared throughout Super Bowl week, the officials have been poor and that holding call in the last minutes of the game had a significant impact on the result.<\/p>\n<p>Even while poor decisions are inevitable, the league ought to have done a better job of ensuring that the field wouldn&#8217;t resemble a hockey rink by taking the necessary precautions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guys can\u2019t even celebrate a TD without falling down. What an embarrassment of a field for a Super Bowl. The NFL should be ashamed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObTrtuYwwa\">pic.twitter.com\/ObTrtuYwwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shane Haff (@ShaneHaffNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneHaffNFL\/status\/1624951002792095747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The construction of this field took more than a few days. The exact opposite! Prior to Sunday night, this was carefully planned and given careful consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Two years!<\/p>\n<p>Yet with all that planning and care the grass surface became the star of the show for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m not going to lie: It was the worst field I ever played on,\u201d<\/em> Eagles pass-rusher <strong>Haason Reddick<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jason Kelce stayed on the field after the Super Bowl to watch Travis Kelce. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ojLRcKP0Md\">pic.twitter.com\/ojLRcKP0Md<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Sporting News (@sportingnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportingnews\/status\/1624975089568518145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to ReadHuddleUp.com, the grass was cultivated for two years at a nearby sod farm in Phoenix before this game, placed two weeks earlier, and rolled out each morning for sunshine beneath an open dome at State Farm Stadium. The total price was $800,000.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTerrible,\u201d<\/em> Eagles left tackle <strong>Jordan Mailata<\/strong> said in the losing locker room. It was similar to having fun at a water park.<\/p>\n<p>Two former NFL offensive linemen summed it up succinctly: Fox analyst <strong>Mark Schlereth<\/strong> said, \u201c<strong><em>this field is absolute trash\u201d and \u201cthe NFL should be absolutely embarrassed,\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the staff at State Farm Stadium rolled the Super Bowl LVII field outside for some sun:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dBm9HsZseP\">pic.twitter.com\/dBm9HsZseP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/1623115790617567233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While former<strong> Giant Marshall Newhouse<\/strong> chimed in that <em>\u201cArizona\u2019s field being sh\u2014y is the most obvious thing to players but not known collectively. It\u2019s CONSISTENTLY a slick and unstable turf for being grass.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reddick changed cleats for additional spikes and couldn\u2019t find a difference.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI beat my man a couple times and I\u2019m slipping,\u201d<\/em> Reddick said. <em>\u201cI just couldn\u2019t turn the corner.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Peter_Cook\/status\/1624983814433918979?s=20&#038;t=duSQDur60UZQPr_fHVanMQnbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even the winning team had complaints.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--related-post\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--underline\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>\u201cThe field was kind of terrible,\u201d<\/em> Chiefs pass-rusher <strong>Frank Clark<\/strong> said. <em>\u201cIt looked like they laid strips down or something like that to cover up what they had before. We\u2019ve had this problem in Arizona before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can somebody explain why the field located in the middle of the damn desert is slippery? (I know. Paint. It just seems like the dumbest place on earth for a football field to be slippery.)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erin Strout (@erinstrout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erinstrout\/status\/1624943423253024768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fact that the game was played on grass is fantastic. For a variety of factors, including the safety of the players, all NFL stadiums should have grass fields.<\/p>\n<p>However, we just cannot experience the circumstances we did on Sunday night in Arizona.\u00a0That field was terrible and a complete disgrace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BjUKTUUMXIU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Reports: Broncos\u2019 Sean Payton Interviewed Rex Ryan For Defensive Coordinator Position\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/reports-broncos-sean-payton-interviewed-rex-ryan-for-defensive-coordinator-position\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reports: Broncos\u2019 Sean Payton Interviewed Rex Ryan For Defensive Coordinator Position<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chiefs defeated the Eagles, 38-35, in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night. It was an exciting game that was only somewhat hampered by a contentious call in the closing seconds and wholly overshadowed by terrible field conditions that should make the NFL feel ashamed on Monday. The biggest game of the season for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":411886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[5028,5108,5109,2211,5110],"class_list":["post-417845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-chiefs-vs-eagles","tag-nfl-bad-field","tag-nfl-bad-field-super-bowl","tag-nfl-news","tag-super-bowl-57-poor-field"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}