alamo

I disagree, the player who injured him had much less ability to avoid Ricky than he would have on a clean field. Not to mention, the fumble was partially due to the conditions. If they had played the game on Fieldturf then most likely Ricky plays the Jets this week.

nummit

It didn't look to me like he tried to "avoid" Ricky. That game could have been in a dome in Arizona and Ricky would still be stepped on

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alamo

The player needed to cut to the right to go after the ball on the ground. No way he could fo that in the mud, using Ricky as a stepping stone to change direction was the best way at the time. I still believe the conditions played a role.

SteelerSteve

IMO it looked like timmons could have avoided stepping on Ricky, even if it wasn't avoidable, it looked like he purposely "dug" in to Ricky's shoulder. That is unacceptable behavior and I think he deserves to be fined. On to the field issues, I personally wouldn't mind switching to field turf because I think that speedy guys like Willie parker and santonio holmes benefit from the better footing. On the other hand, I think that it does give the steelers more of a home field advantage. My take on it is that keeping the natural surface is fine, but 5 games were played on Heinz field that week, 4 high school games and one Pitt Panthers game. Pitt U needs to get their own field, and let this be solely the steeler's field, with the exception of the occasional HS playoff game.

Scouse Patriot

I can see their point, especially the one about artificial crap being bad on the knee. Good luck to their backs and recievers trying to change direction when running though.

NovaScotiaPatsFan

An oldie but a goodie:


Ricky Williams stars in: Half Baked

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PittPatriot

I thought Pitt had their own field but used Heinz occasionally....just like BC occasionally uses the New Garden? As for injuries on field turf...the Pats are enjoying their first full year on field turf and have had a better (lesser) run with injuries than ever before.

SteelerSteve

Well, I don't live in Pitt, but I am pretty sure that they don't have a field of their own and solely use Heinz field.

thewarden86

ROTHFinFLMFinAO!!!!!!!



That was hysterical.

thewarden86

You are old fashion and football should be played on grass and outdoors.

I guess I'm old fashioned too.