Roger Goodell’s push to plant the NFL flag around the globe is in full flow. And this time it’s taking the Dolphins and Commanders to Madrid, inside Real Madrid’s gleaming, reimagined Santiago Bernabeu. It should’ve been a simple “look how far the league has come” moment. Instead, it lit up the familiar grass-vs-turf debate yet again.

Once people got a look at the Bernabeu’s setup, the automated mowers, a full irrigation network, LED growth lights, and an underground greenhouse system that stores the grass tray like it’s riding an elevator, former Chiefs quarterback Chase Daniel couldn’t help himself. He fired off what most players have been saying for years.

“Zero excuses for all NFL teams to have grass fields…just costs more 💵,” he wrote on X.

Well, this debate has been around foreve

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