Do you believe in curses? I don’t mean curses as in a hex or a spell that someone puts on another person, but rather a curse in the sense of something bad happening, over and over again, in the same spot, to similar people, at coincidental times.
The public is likely split on this. In our world of conspiracy theories and superstition, many people will likely wave off the notion of a curse and explain it as nothing more than coincidence. However, others (me included) look at connected patterns and occurrences and can’t help to dive a bit deeper. All of that leads me to say this:
I think that FedEx Field is cursed for quarterbacks.
I know that this is nothing new, as a simple Google search of ‘FedEx Field Turf’ will send you into an overwhelming rabbit hole of mismanagement and poor upkeep. However, the injury suffered by Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow on Sunday afternoon just adds to the list of promising young quarterbacks who have suffered serious setbacks while playing on the grass in D.C. Here are some notable instances: