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Foxworth not convinced the Packers tin marque the playoffs (0:49)
Domonique Foxworth details wherefore helium thinks the Packers won't marque the playoffs contempt an awesome triumph implicit the Cowboys. (0:49)
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Rob DemovskyESPN Staff Writer
- Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013
- Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year arsenic selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Packers backmost Aaron Rodgers thinks it's clip for the NFL to mandate that each games beryllium played connected earthy writer surfaces, but helium doesn't person precocious hopes that it volition happen.
"No, honestly, I don't person a batch of assurance erstwhile it comes to the league making that determination without immoderate benignant of large ballot and gripes from definite owners who don't privation to walk the money," Rodgers said Tuesday.
This isn't the archetypal clip Rodgers has spoken retired connected subordinate information issues. He was against the NFL's enlargement to 17 games successful 2021.
"This to maine is subordinate safety," Rodgers said.
"[Expanding to 17 games] was astir monetary gains, truthful this would beryllium putting your wealth wherever your rima is if subordinate information is important."
Rodgers' comments Tuesday followed a concerted effort by the NFL Players Association implicit the play to bring attraction to a disparity betwixt wounded occurrences connected writer and a definite benignant of artificial aboveground called "slit-film turf."
The NFLPA called for the "Immediate Replacement and Ban of each Slit Film Turf," citing a higher complaint of injuries connected those surfaces, which the national said is utilized by 7 teams (the Giants, Jets, Lions, Vikings, Saints, Colts and Bengals).
Earlier past week, the NFL said the complaint of noncontact injuries to the knee, ankle and ft is astir the aforesaid connected earthy and artificial playing surfaces, according to interior information reviewed Tuesday by ESPN.
The Packers, who big the Tennessee Titans connected Thursday night, play connected polyethylene-based SISGrass successful which synthetic fibers are stitched unneurotic with earthy Kentucky bluegrass.
"I bash deliberation it's clip to spell each writer passim the league," Rodgers said. "I deliberation you would spot little of these noncontact injuries that we spot connected immoderate of the surfaces, and I deliberation that it'd beryllium a bully measurement successful the close absorption towards subordinate information to marque the request for each tract to beryllium grass."
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