San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel added his voice to the growing list of NFL players who said the league should switch to using real grass instead of artificial turf in their stadiums ...

The issue of artificial ... make a tackle,” Johnson said. “It’s not as rough. Feel like it’s better on your legs.” Players have long said that turf has less give than natural grass ...

Herculean efforts to prepare a vibrant natural grass field for 2024’s Super Bowl LVIII are especially questionable when one realizes that Allegiant Stadium also has an artificial turf playing ...

“It makes no sense that stadiums can flip over to superior grass surfaces when ... more players have to get hurt on ARTIFICIAL TURF??!” asked Packers tackle and former Rodgers teammate David ...

The original 2018 inquiry, which covered the 2012-15 seasons, found a 16 percent dip for lower-body injuries on natural grass compared to an artificial surface.

During the 2022 season, ESPN published data supplied by the NFL that purported to show that injury rates on grass and artificial turf were approximately the same. The NFL Players Association says that ...