PITTSBURGH -- Players from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns expressed "outrage" and concerns to the NFL Players Association about the "embarrassing" playing surface at last weekend at Acrisure Stadium, a union source told ESPN.

"The NFLPA has conveyed its concern to the NFL and will work to ensure that players are not put in that position going forward," the source said Wednesday.

Some players said the field, which was already scheduled to be re-sodded after the game, was "dry." Steelers offensive lineman Broderick Jones was one of multiple players who said they "kicked up chunks of grass" when they made explosive movements.

League spokesman Brian McCarthy said Wednesday that the NFL has "been in touch with both the union and the club, which has taken steps to replace

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