The grass vs. turf debate heated up over the weekend, when Giants receiver Malik Nabers suffered a non-contact ACL tear at MetLife Stadium — and when former Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. made a public plea for owners to ditch the fake stuff for natural playing surfaces.
On Monday, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford chimed in. And even though he has spent his entire 17-year career with teams that play their home games on plastic, he strongly prefers natural.
“There are teams that are gonna host World Cup games, soccer games, and they refuse to play on turf,” Stafford said on the SiriusXM Let’s Go! podcast. “They lay grass down for those guys. I wanna play on grass every chance I get. I’m an old man. I know how I feel after I play on grass versus how I feel when I play on AstroTur