George Kittle Rips Giants, Nfl Over Metlife Stadium Turf Being The ‘butt Of A Joke'

The 49ers hit nan Giants astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday afternoon, 34-24. Despite nan win, San Francisco suffered a large nonaccomplishment erstwhile protect extremity Mykel Williams, nan No. 11 prime successful nan 2025 NFL draft, suffered a torn ACL.

Many group instantly pointed to nan MetLife Stadium turf that had been blamed for a number of superior injuries complete nan past fewer years, including to nan Giants prima wide receiver Malik Nabers earlier this season.

George Kittle was asked astir nan MetLife turf aft catching 4 passes for 32 yards successful nan 49ers win. Kittle was playing astatine MetLife for nan first clip successful his profession and he had immoderate absorbing thoughts connected nan section business successful nan Meadowlands.

"My only rumor pinch it is, erstwhile someone's section is nan butt of a joke passim each of societal media, perpetually for illustration connected each NFL meme page, each that stuff, everybody jokes astir really bad it is," said Kittle. "I consciousness for illustration astatine that constituent personification should conscionable return a look astatine it and let's not make it... nary NFL section should beryllium nan butt of a joke. Ever. I consciousness for illustration each fields should person a level of information to it. I conscionable don't get why there's not a modular for, hey, you've sewage to prime betwixt 1 aliases 2 turfs. There shouldn't beryllium 12 different turfs. And 12 different writer fields and past a mates guys person nan aforesaid things. I conscionable deliberation that's weird. Most different sports, it's not for illustration hoops players play connected different hardwood. That's each nan same. Soccer players successful Europe each play connected really bully grass. That's conscionable weird to me."

Kittle is acold from nan first subordinate to mobility nan turf astatine MetLife. After Aaron Rodgers tore his achilles successful his first crippled pinch nan Jets nan Players Association released a connection asking nan convention to spell backmost to earthy writer surfaces.

That was complete 2 years agone and players are still going down astatine MetLife.

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