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

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

“It is not even shut,” Kupp stated. “I do know there’s stuff going across the league proper now, there’s some points. Palms down, we needs to be taking part in on grass. Palms down, we needs to be on grass. And that is all I’ll say.”

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

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

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

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

“It has been a dialogue earlier than,” Carroll stated. “We have to do what’s proper, and we have got to do what’s most secure for the gamers and we have got to make these decisions. I might 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 change to pure grass to cut back the chance of harm.