AP: Steelers again replacing Heinz Field turf

[bubba9497]

Steelers again replacing Heinz Field turf


http://warroom.sportingnews.com/nfl/...17/601325.html

The Pittsburgh Steelers are replacing the much-maligned turf at Heinz Field — again.

The work, however, actually began before the NFL Players Association released a player survey rating it among the five worst playing surfaces earlier this month. In that survey, Steelers players rated their own playing surface as the worst in the league.

Two years ago, the Steelers installed DD GrassMaster — a hybrid surface that combines real sod with synthetic fibers — after complaints that the footing was poor on the sand-based grass surface in place when the field opened in 2001.

Earlier this month, workers again scraped off the surface - about a half-inch of top soil - but they're not changing turfs, they're again installing a DD GrassMaster surface.

The Steelers are hoping that will help because the Denver Broncos did the same thing at Invesco Field at Mile High, and that field was ranked the eighth-best in the league by players.

Club president Art Rooney II said the Steelers considered fully synthetic FieldTurf, which the Steelers use on their indoor practice field across town.

"We didn't do any actual survey," Rooney said, "but we talked to some of the players about our field and whether to put in FieldTurf. None of them said they'd rather go to FieldTurf."

[SkinsForLife260]

hmmm is fedex just real grass?

[Rockville Redskin]

wasn't our field rated in the top ten to play on?

[Leonard Washington]

dunno but it looks good every week

[TenaciousB15]

Well, speaking of sand, I remember after the redskins game, Akers and Jon Harbaugh said the kicking game was affected becuase the field was described as like kicking on a beach because it was so sandy and you couldn't plant your foot properly.

[SonnyandSam]

FedEx Field was ranked 8th, I believe.

[RFK]

The top four fields in the survey of players — Tampa Bay's Raymond James Stadium, Arizona's Sun Devil Stadium, Carolina's Bank of America Stadium and Houston's Reliant Stadium — all have natural grass. The fifth-best, Seattle's Qwest Field, has FieldTurf

[China]

Originally posted by LaVarPA
FedEx Field was ranked 8th, I believe.

The article stated that the Bronco's Invesco Field was ranked 8th:

The Steelers are hoping that will help because the Denver Broncos did the same thing at Invesco Field at Mile High, and that field was ranked the eighth-best in the league by players.

[TerpsEagles]

Turf Wars

How players in the NFL ranked the playing surfaces at each stadium:

1. Raymond James Stadium: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2. Sun Devil Stadium: Arizona Cardinals
2. Bank Of America Stadium: Carolina Panthers
4. Reliant Stadium: Houston Texans
5. Qwest Field: Seattle Seahawks
6. M&T Bank Stadium: Baltimore Ravens
7. Alltell Stadium: Jacksonville Jaguars
8. Invesco Field At Mile High: Denver Broncos
9. Lincoln Financial Field: Philadelphia Eagles
10. Ford Field: Detroit Lions
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11. Qualcomm Stadium: San Diego Chargers
12. FedEx Field: Washington Redskins
13. The Coliseum: Tennessee Titans
14. Arrowhead Stadium: Kansas City Chiefs
15. Georgia Dome: Atlanta Falcons
16. Cleveland Browns Stadium: Cleveland Browns
17. Lambeau Field: Green Bay Packers
18. Pro Player Stadium: Miami Dolphins
19. Monster Park: San Francisco 49ers
20. Giants Stadium: N.Y. Giants/N.Y. Jets
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21. Gillette Stadium: New England Patriots
22. Paul Brown Stadium: Cincinnati Bengals
23. Soldier Field: Chicago Bears
24. Ralph Wilson Stadium: Buffalo Bills
25. Texas Stadium: Dallas Cowboys
26. Louisiana Superdome: New Orleans Saints
27. HEINZ FIELD: STEELERS
28. Metrodome: Minnesota Vikings
29. Network Associates Stadium: Oakland Raiders
30. Edward Jones Dome: St. Louis Rams
31. RCA Dome: Indianapolis Colts

Source: NFL Players Association