Poll Question: How do you feel about "Field Turf" replacing grass at Lambeau?

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uffda udfa
7 years ago
Many football stadiums are leaving grass fields for the ever popular and growing "Field Turf".

How would you, as a fan of the Packers, feel if the switch was made to "Field Turf" inside Lambeau Field?

EDIT: For some reason, I pictured Lambeau in my mind with a synthetic field and it made me queasy. It made me wonder if the organization would ever consider moving to it given the harsh winters in Green Bay? I hate the idea immensely, but it wouldn't surprise me to see it happen in the not too distant future.
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yooperfan
7 years ago
The field at Lambeau is already a mixture of natural turf and synthetic turf 😀
beast
7 years ago
My thought is try to do what's best for the players... though I have no idea what is. But which ever one is more likely to reduce injuries, then that's the one I'm for.

But honestly, I feel like I keep hearing it go back and forth, on which is better and which one teams are going to try to do. So I have no clue... other than someone realized a certain type of field turf (using some rubber from recycled tires) was leading to a surprising number of cases of cancer of people who often played on that field. Of course, they were suggesting the the recycled rubber from road tires was most likely the problem.
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PackFanWithTwins
7 years ago
They have the best field in the league. The winters really don’t matter because they grow new grass every year.
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uffda udfa
7 years ago
I saw that report. Girl soccer players were getting cancer.

Our hybrid surface ain't the rubber pellet stuff. Patriots went to it. Notre Dame went to it, if memory serves.

It would be easier to maintain in our harsh winters. Not sure there's any maintenance required with Field Turf at all. A muddied up field isn't a good thing.

Our offense is better on a faster surface. Always love when 12 is dropping back on the synthetic while wearing his "comfortable shoes". Believe we have better chance vs Dallas at Dallas due to surface.

Still, Lambeau with Field Turf feels very wrong.

Oh, for the record, I'd forgotten we had the synthetic fibers mixed in our natural grass.
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Porforis
7 years ago
I don't think it'll make a huge difference either way unless someone can prove to me the Packers are getting injured anywhere from the waist down at a statistically significant rate more on grass/hybrid than full synthetic. There's pros and cons to both types, and ultimately the Packers aren't full of speedsters anyways. Without a clear and obvious benefit to switch, I default to "Why change?".
nerdmann
7 years ago

I don't think it'll make a huge difference either way unless someone can prove to me the Packers are getting injured anywhere from the waist down at a statistically significant rate more on grass/hybrid than full synthetic. There's pros and cons to both types, and ultimately the Packers aren't full of speedsters anyways. Without a clear and obvious benefit to switch, I default to "Why change?".

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Players are slipping on this crap all the time. They USED to have the best grass in the league. No more.
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Porforis
7 years ago

Players are slipping on this crap all the time. They USED to have the best grass in the league. No more.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 



Which would seem to hinder the Packers and other teams equally unless other teams are doing something with their cleats or technique differently - in which case the Packers should be making similar adjustments.

I haven't noticed this but to be fair, I haven't been looking out for it and easily could have missed it as my primary focus is usually the QB, OL, and pass rush. I will be on Monday though - Is it mostly WRs or DBs or both?
wpr
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7 years ago
It's a hybrid turf. When it was grass only the field was a mud puddle down the center by the end of Nov. Remember the NFL having them spray paint the dirt green so it looked like grass on tv? That was the playoff game against SF. Was it 92 or 93?
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uffda udfa
7 years ago

It's a hybrid turf. When it was grass only the field was a mud puddle down the center by the end of Nov. Remember the NFL having them spray paint the dirt green so it looked like grass on tv? That was the playoff game against SF. Was it 92 or 93?

Originally Posted by: wpr 



The playoff game vs. Niners on our run to the SB in '95 was a pasture. I remember I kept yelling, "He's a mudder!" in reference to Edgar Bennett.

Curious exactly how our field is put together. Sounds like a Hair Club for Men kind of a thing. I wonder what percentage is synthetic fiber?


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