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Bobby Wagner recalls his first game at FedExField: ‘The field was trash, for sure’

To their credit, the Football Team installed a new grass surface before this season began. 

The Seahawks visit Washington tomorrow night in what will be their last primetime game of the 2021 season – assuming they don’t defy their less-than-5% chances of making the playoffs.

Seattle’s roster is pretty banged up, which is normal for this time of year. The team will be missing two key offensive linemen and two running backs this week. One thing the Seahawks won’t have to worry about is the formerly notorious playing surface at FedExField endangering their injury risk further. Bobby Wagner told reporters on Friday that during his first game at the stadium (the 2012 playoff matchup in his rookie year) the field was trash.

To their credit, the Football Team installed a new grass surface before this season began.

Heading into today’s games, Wagner ranks second in the league with 115 combined tackles. How well Wagner contains Washington’s underrated running back Antonio Gibson should be a huge factor on Monday night.

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When will Washington fans be allowed back in FedEx Field to watch games?

The state of Maryland is relatively low-risk when it comes to COVID cases, but that may not mean that FedEx Field will open any time soon.

With the coronavirus pandemic affecting us all, NFL teams have taken a massive revenue hit as well, with many unable or unwilling to bring fans back to the stadium in order to watch games on Sundays.

The Washington Football Team recently made an exception to allow family members for players and coaches to attend games, with many of them being in the crowd for last week’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. However, there is still no word on when Washington may open up the rest of the stadium to a limited capacity crowd.

There are 13 NFL teams who are allowing some portion of fans to attend games, with the Dallas Cowboys being the most lenient of all, capping their attendance at 25,000 people. The COVID rate in Texas right now sits at 93-per-10,000 people, which ranks high on the risk-rate, according to Pickwise, whose numbers say that 22 people in attendance at a Cowboys game are likely to have the coronavirus, on average. The other team marked as high-risk is the Kansas City Chiefs, who have 193 cases per 10,000, with a stadium attendance capacity at just over 16,000, which leads to 24 people on average having COVID in the stadium, according to Pickwise. 

So what do the numbers look like for Washington? While the team is not allowing outside fans into FedEx Field to watch games, the COVID-rate sits at just 67-per-10,000 in Maryland, which is on the lower end of the spectrum. Decision-makers in the area have said that they will continue to monitor the data and make the safe call going forward, but it’s fair to expect that it could be a little bit before the stadium is opened up to outside attendees.

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