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Eagles vs Jets: How to watch, listen and stream Week 6

The Philadelphia Eagles (5-0) continue to push for an undefeated streak through October.

The Philadelphia Eagles (5-0) continue to push for an undefeated streak through October. They come back closer to home, but still on the road against the New York Jets (2-3). A few key Eagles may not suit up due to injuries, so this game will be important to win before the team faces another challenge this season.

Here’s how to watch, stream, and listen to the game.

Game Information

Philadelphia Eagles at New York Jets

4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 15.

MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, NJ

How to watch

Sunday’s game will be broadcast on FOX. Kevin Kugler and Mark Sanchez will be in the booth. Laura Okmin will be reporting from the sidelines.

Fans can also catch the game on NFL Network.

Streaming

NFL Game Pass, the NFL mobile app, and NFL+.

Also available live on FuboTV

“Live stream fuboTV (free 7-day trial)”

Radio

Philadelphia: For Eagles fans or those in the market, you can listen to Merrill Reese and Mike Quick calling the game on SportsRadio 94WIP. The desktop version of PhiladelphiaEagles.com/LiveRadio will provide a live feed of the SportsRadio 94WIP broadcast feed that is available nationwide. Fans can also listen on the Eagles app in the Philadelphia market.

Jets: For New York fans or those in the market, you can listen to the game on WEPN-FM, ESPN New York 98.7 and online. Bob Wischusen and Marty Lyons will provide radio coverage. The desktop version for the New York market fans can tune in here for a live feed of the game. Fans can also listen on the Jets app in the New York market.

Satellite Radio

SiriusXM Philadelphia – Ch. 133 or 185 and New York – Ch. 82 or 228

Social Media

Follow along on Twitter
Facebook, Thacover2NFL.

MetLife Stadium, home of the Giants, ranked among NFL’s worst stadiums

The Athletic ranks MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, home of the New York Giants and Jets, one of the worst venues in the NFL.

The New York Giants and New York Jets call MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey home.

The venue is a far cry from the fading Giants Stadium that used to adorn the Meadowlands Sports Complex, one time known as The Swamp. But it also lacks the personality of its predecessor and provides almost no charm.

In the eyes of Giants and Jets fans, MetLife Stadium is an overpriced lunchbox that’s as boring inside as it is outside.

To no surprise, NFL reporters for The Athletic recently ranked MetLife Stadium one of the worst venues in the NFL with 13 reporters listing it in the bottom-5 of the league.

25. MetLife Stadium

Teams: New York Giants, New York Jets

Seating capacity: 82,500

Google review: 4.5 stars

Despite it not being old, 13 ballots had it ranked as one of the five worst stadiums in the league.

“When MetLife was completed in 2010 it cost $1.6 billion,” Jets reporter Zack Rosenblatt wrote. “The money was not particularly well spent. It’s a boring stadium — which is something universally agreed on by both Giants and Jets fans, a rarity — both in look and feel. The food is poor. And it’s always a disaster exiting the stadium, especially for fans — and that gets even worse after concerts. There’s a mall nearby but otherwise it’s not exactly an exciting area, especially as the home base for two teams that are supposed to represent New York City.”

The parking lot traffic entering the game, and particularly the traffic exiting the game (including public transport), is an absolute nightmare.

As The Athletic mentions, MetLife Stadium has also had its issues with food and that’s not including the free medium Pepsi offer that applied only to season ticket holders a few years ago.

Some would also argue that the fans themselves are an issue.

Due to PSLs, the rising cost of a gameday experience, and the aforementioned traffic/public transportation issues, a large portion of those in the stands are wealthy businessmen and businesswomen who got tickets through different corporations. Casual fans call them the “down in front” crew.

Luckily, some of those issues have been alleviated under the combination of general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll, who have the fans standing, cheering, and actively engaged again.

Still, there’s no denying that MetLife Stadium is a boring old lunchbox. Or microwave. Take your pick.

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Giants’ Brian Daboll jokes about new MetLife Stadium turf

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll joked that the new MetLife Stadium turf is a bit “softer” on his lower back after standing around.

The New York Giants played a game for the first time since MetLife Stadium replaced their controversial playing surface earlier this year.

Head coach Brian Daboll was asked after the game if he received any feedback from the players on the turf.

“I didn’t,” he replied. “No, I didn’t.”

But Daboll had his own review to add.

“It’s fine. I’m just standing on it. I’m not running around and cutting and doing all those things. It’s a little softer on my lower back, which is always good,” he joked.

The previous surface was consistently panned by both the Giants and their co-tenants, the Jets, as well as many visiting teams. The amount of ‘soft tissue’ and joint injuries over the years made MetLife a house of horrors for players and coaches.

Over the past decade, the Giants were one of the most-injured teams in the NFL.

There were no reported injuries during the Giants’ 21-19 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Friday night.

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See it: Giants add new midfield logo at MetLife Stadium

The New York Giants have done away with the NFL shield logo at midfield and will now feature a team-specific design during home games.

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The New York Giants will not only play on a brand new turf at MetLife Stadium this season but they will also feature a brand new midfield logo.

For the first time in franchise history, the Giants will have their classic lowercase “ny” logo painted at midfield, stretching from one 43-yard line to the other, replacing the generic NFL logo.

Giants fans reacted positively to the news and photos, expressing excitement that they’ve finally done away with the boring NFL shield that long adorned the 50-yard line.

Prior to the construction of MetLife Stadium, the Giants played their home games at Giants Stadium and that field featured a “New Jersey Meadowlands” logo at midfield.

In addition to the Giants, the New York Jets will also feature a new midfield logo for their home games but those details have not yet been revealed.

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Aaron Rodgers will lose his greatest NFL advantage when he leaves the Packers

The grass (or turf) on the other side isn’t always greener.

Aaron Rodgers is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. There’s no way around it. Whether he calls it quits next offseason or five years from now, his status is cemented.

He’s also had the extreme fortune of playing every home game the last 18 years at one of the most storied stadiums in league history, Lambeau Field.

That’s going to change in 2023.

Rodgers was reportedly traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets on Monday, which would make MetLife Stadium his new home.

Fans everywhere were pumped, but his career record away from Lambeau doesn’t paint a pretty picture of how that might go.

Rodgers has an 91-23-1 career record in homes games and just a 59-56 record on the road. That translated against the spread too, where he’s 73-42-4 at home.

Bettors absolutely ate picking Rodgers to cover at Lambeau.

Once he leaves, that advantage could be gone.

That’s not to say Lambeau Field made Rodgers a great player. He’s a big reason the Packers were so good at home. But the sample size is more than big enough to say homefield played a role in his success too. Even in the playoffs, Rodgers is 5-4 at home vs. 5-6 on the road.

His career numbers across the board drop away from Lambeau.

Sure, you could blame his teammates for why the Packers were so much worse on the road, but even the advantage his supporting cast got at Lambeau won’t be nearly as huge at MetLife. Especially when you consider Rodgers’ potential declining state at age 39 and a much tougher division that includes the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots.

The best place for Rodgers to be late in his career, if not a dome, was the place he was already at. The grass (or terrible turf) on the other side won’t be nearly as green.

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See it: New turf installed at MetLife Stadium

The FieldTurf Core system has been installed at MetLife Stadium and a leaked picture gives you the very first look at the new surface.

As the 2023 calendar flipped to April, the long-awaited turf change at MetLife Stadium finally took place.

It wasn’t grass like New York Giants co-owner John Mara hopes it eventually will be, but it was an upgraded and more modern FieldTurf.

ESPN reports:

The two New York teams will now play on an updated version of FieldTurf — a recent edition called FieldTurf Core system, which is the first multilayer dual-polymer monofilament fiber.

The heavyweight infill design claims to deliver a lower incidence of total injuries compared to various infill weights. The performance and durability of the surface are backed by multiple independent certified sources and was tested to 200,000 cycles on the fiber wear test by Penn State’s Center for Sports Surface Research.

The change took place after a groundswell of complaints from players and a consistent uptick in injuries.

“Installation of the new FieldTurf CORE system reinforces the commitment we have to providing the best playing surface for our teams,” president and CEO of MetLife Stadium Ron VanDeVeen said in a statement. “The research that FieldTurf has put into the heavyweight infill design for this new field system will equip MetLife Stadium with one of the premier surfaces in the league.”

Earlier this week, a photo of that new “premier surface” was leaked.

It certainly looks good but how it plays will be the most important part of the equation. The Giants lead the league in man games lost since 2009 and endured another injury-plagued season in 2022.

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Jets will play on new surface in 2023, MetLife Stadium gets new turf

Jets will play on new surface in 2023, MetLife Stadium gets new turf

The New York Jets will have a new playing surface starting in the 2023 season. A new playing surface, a FieldTurf Core system, has been installed at MetLife Stadium.

“The heavyweight infill design claims to deliver a lower incidence of total injuries compared to various infill weights,” wrote ESPN’s Giants writer Jordan Raanan. “The performance and durability of the surface are backed by multiple independent certified sources and was tested to 200,000 cycles on the fiber wear test by Penn State’s Center for Sports Surface Research.”

No grass yet at MetLife Stadium, but it could still happen down the line. Giants owner John Mara said this week at the owners’ meetings that he hoped the stadium will eventually convert to either grass or a hybrid field.

“The sticking point with grass has long been its ability to hold up under the Northeast climate and heavy usage of MetLife Stadium,” wrote Raanan. “Several Giants players publicly expressed their desire to change to natural grass, including former team captain Julian Love, who said ‘the stats have shown we are on one of the worst fields in the league.'”

At least for now, the Jets will have a better field to play on in what could be a very fun season.

MetLife Stadium gets new synthetic turf; John Mara aims for grass in future

MetLife Stadium is finally getting a new synthetic turf with the goal of New York Giants co-owner John Mara being all grass in the future.

The playing surface at MetLife Stadium is finally being replaced after much controversy about its safety.

Over the years, players have cited the slit film synthetic surface as the cause of many torn knee ligaments and other various non-contact leg injuries.

New York Giants co-owner John Mara sees the new surface, called monofilament synthetic turf, as the next step toward an all-natural surface, which is deemed safer.

“I foresee a day, my hope is we can get to a day at some point in the future when we can have a grass field that we’re able to maintain with two different teams and all the other events we have,” Mara said, via the New York Post. “I think we can get there at some point, Maybe it’s a hybrid product or something.”

The Giants will also replace the surface at their practice facility with the new turf.

Over the past decade, the Giants have been one of the NFL’s most injured teams. MetLife Stadium opened in 2010.

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NFL will provide Giants, Jets data on injuries specific to surfaces

The NFL will supply the New York Giants and Jets with injury data specific to surfaces as MetLife Stadium prepares for a turf change.

In November, it was reported that MetLife Stadium officials were contemplating changing the playing surface from the current FieldTurf Classic HD to a newer, hopefully more safer surface.

The current surface was installed in 2020 and is due to be replaced this year, but not with natural grass. The facility is seeking other artificial surfaces that will be acceptable to the New York Giants and New York Jets, who have lodged many complaints that the turf was unsafe and the culprit of many an injury.

“We evaluate our field each season and historically have replaced our playing surface every 3-4 years. We have made the decision to replace the field in 2023 and are currently reviewing proposals from multiple vendors for a new synthetic surface,” MetLife Stadium said in a statement to ESPN back in November.

Before that happens, officials at MetLife will seek the input of both clubs after providing injury data.

Last year, the league did an evaluation of the turf at MetLife and cleared it for play, claiming it was safe. The players, some from visiting teams as well, begged to differ.

Either way, a change is coming. Hopefully, it will be acceptable to all parties.

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Dawuane Smoot confirms he tore his Achilles vs. Jets

For the second time in as many years, a Jaguars player tore his Achilles in a game at MetLife Stadium.

Defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot tore his Achilles just as the Jacksonville Jaguars initially feared.

Smoot, 27, went down in the fourth quarter of the Jaguars’ 19-3 win against the New York Jets on Thursday night and immediately reached for his heel. After getting an MRI on Friday, Smoot confirmed the injury in an Instagram post on Saturday morning.

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Smoot, a third-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, is the most tenured Jaguars player on the team’s defense. In six seasons with the team, Smoot has 22.5 career sacks and was at five sacks in 2022 before suffering his season-ending injury.

Last season, running back James Robinson suffered a torn Achilles at MetLife Stadium during a game against the Jets. He was eventually traded to New York in October of this year.

Smoot played out his rookie contract and signed a two-year, $10 million extension with the Jaguars in March 2021. He’s currently due to become a free agent in the offseason.