AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Eagles survive 157-degree turf in Nashville as cleats melt and Sirianni needs an IV
Philadelphia's head coach needed intravenous fluids after a game played on artificial turf so hot it melted players' cleats, and the NFL's turf debate just got harder to ignore. The Philadelphia Eagles escaped Nissan Stadium in Nashville with a 24, 20 win over the Tennessee Titans on September 20, but the final score was almost […] The post Eagles survive 157-degree turf in Nashville as cleats melt and Sirianni needs an IV appeared first on American Almanac .
Philadelphia's head coach needed intravenous fluids after a game played on artificial turf so hot it melted players' cleats, and the NFL's turf debate just got harder to ignore. The Philadelphia Eagles escaped Nissan Stadium in Nashville with a 24, 20 win over the Tennessee Titans on September 20, but the final score was almost beside the point. The turf temperature hit 157 degrees Fahrenheit. Air temperature reached 98 degrees and felt like 106. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni, who never took a snap, still ended up hooked to an IV bag in the locker room afterward. Players on both sidelines spent stoppages in play hosing down their footwear with cold water, because the synthetic surface was literally destroying their equipment. The…Open