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Vikings to replace artificial turf at U.S. Bank Stadium

The new turf has much better injury data than the current slit turf, which has had some players complaining

According to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert, the Minnesota Vikings will be playing on a new artificial surface at U.S. Bank Stadium next year.

The new turf is a monofilament version called Act Global Xtreme Turf DX and is a version with better injury data than the slit turf the team currently plays on.

The move was approved by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, which owns and operates the stadium. The Vikings were a major factor in selecting the winning bid, according to Seifert. They also plan to install the same artificial turf at their practice facility at TCO Performance Center.

The turf will be installed starting in February and be ready for the start of the 2024 season.

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David Bakhtiari blasts NFL’s artificial turf use after Aaron Rodgers injury: ‘I’m sick of this..Do better!’

One of Aaron Rodgers’ old teammates blasted artificial turf after the new Jets quarterback got injured.

The potentially season-altering injury that New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered on Monday night came with a very frustrating underlying factor for a lot of NFL players and fans.

While it didn’t necessarily look like this was the direct cause of Rodgers’ getting hurt, the moment happened on the brand-new artificial turf field at the Jets’ MetLife Stadium.

As many NFL players have in the past, Rodgers’ old Green Bay Packers teammate David Bakhtiari expressed his extreme displeasure with NFL stadiums using artificial turf fields instead of grass, with the argument being that athletes are less likely to sustain serious injury on grass playing fields.

The ongoing debate about what’s the safest turf for football players to play on might not settle anytime soon, but Bakhtiari’s fiery message to the NFL will grow louder with other players in the league if Rodgers’ injury is indeed serious.

Artificial turf might not be the culprit for Monday night’s big injury, but it might well be the fixture point for where the conversation goes.

Field issues were a major point of discussion after Super Bowl 57, and it doesn’t look like it’ll subside as an NFL hot-button issue anytime soon.