The Rams’ star wide receiver reignited the controversy surrounding artificial playing surfaces, following the non-contact injuries suffered by DK Metcalf and JC Jackson last Sunday at SoFi Stadium.
THOUSAND OAKS — When asked if he has a preference for playing on an artificial surface compared to natural grass, the All-Star wide receiver from Los Angeles Rams, Cooper CoupI do not doubt.
“It’s not even close,” he declared. Deal Thursday. “I know there are things going on in the league right now, and there are some issues. We should definitely be playing on grass. That’s all I’m going to say.”
The question about playing on the artificial surface arose after the Los Angeles wide receiver Seattle Seahawks, DK Metcalfand the corner of Los Angeles Chargers, J.C. Jacksonwill leave last Sunday’s game in SoFi Stadium with knee injuries, in most cases played without contact.
SoFi Stadiumwhere they play so much Rams Like the ChargersIt has an artificial playing surface. Fourteen of the 30 stages of the NFL use an artificial surface.
A Deal was then asked if the artificial surface in SoFi Stadium it was different, and he quickly replied, “We should be on grass.”
On Wednesday, the head coach of the Seahawks, Pete Carrollnoted that the subject is something that “we definitely need to study very seriously in the offseason, again.”
“It’s been an argument, before,” he said. Carroll. “We have to do what’s right, and we have to do what’s safest for the players, and we have to make those decisions. I would insist on that.”
In 2020, after the head coach of the Los Angeles San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahancomplained about the artificial surface in MetLife Stadiumthe president of the NFL Players Association, JC Tretterasked that all the teams in the NFL switch to natural grass to reduce the risk of injury.
SoFi Stadiumlocated in the suburb of Inglewood, near The Angelswill be the scene of the visit of the Niners to the Rams next Sunday, as part of the activity of the NFL Week 8.
