Rams WR Cooper Kupp – All NFL video games must be performed on grass

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — When requested whether or not he has a desire for enjoying on a turf subject in comparison with a pure grass subject, Los Angeles Rams extensive receiver Cooper Kupp did not hesitate.

“It isn’t even shut,” Kupp mentioned. “I do know there’s stuff going across the league proper now, there’s some points. Fingers down, we must be enjoying on grass. Fingers down, we must be on grass. And that is all I’ll say.”

The query about enjoying on synthetic turf was requested after Seattle Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf and Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson every left Sunday’s recreation at SoFi Stadium with knee accidents, each on noncontact performs.

SoFi Stadium, the place each the Rams and Chargers play, has a synthetic turf subject. Fourteen of the NFL’s 30 stadiums use a synthetic floor.

Kupp was then requested if the turf at SoFi Stadium was any completely different, and he rapidly replied, “We must be on grass.”

On Wednesday, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll mentioned the difficulty is one thing he thinks “we positively want to take a look at this actually critically within the offseason once more.”

“It has been a dialogue earlier than,” Carroll mentioned. “We have to do what’s proper, and we have to do what’s most secure for the gamers and we have to make these decisions. I’d pound on the drum for that.”

In 2020, after San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan complained in regards to the synthetic floor at MetLife Stadium, NFL Gamers Affiliation president JC Tretter referred to as for all NFL groups to modify to pure grass to cut back the chance of harm.