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(09-03-2025, 06:17 PM)badgervike Wrote: Harry has a tendency to travel to some exotic places... I was wondering if he picked up a tropical disease. The appendix thing would seem to be a fairly simple thing for Harry to declare. Pretty fixed recovery. fixed recovery time for appendix is 4 to 6 weeks for strenuous excersise depending ob persons physical shape and complications so time would sinc up
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The phrasing from both Darrisaw and KOC lead me to believe they'll keep him out on a so-so natural turf in Chicago and play him in the home opener.
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(Yesterday, 07:24 AM)StickierBuns Wrote: The phrasing from both Darrisaw and KOC lead me to believe they'll keep him out on a so-so natural turf in Chicago and play him in the home opener.
I read they replaced the turf at Soldier. Or maybe I dreamt that.
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(Yesterday, 07:51 AM)MaroonBells Wrote: I read they replaced the turf at Soldier. Or maybe I dreamt that.
"Soldier Field, the aging home of the Bears, played host to five consecutive concerts over Labor Day weekend, culminating with System of a Down and Avenged Sevenfold performing both Sunday and Monday. The Lumineers were the main event Saturday, while My Chemical Romance headlined Friday and Oasis performed in front of 52,000 fans Thursday. In all, there were five concerts in five days with more than 250,000 music lovers in attendance.
According to WGN-TV, crews will spend this week transforming Soldier Field by laying sod ahead of the Sept. 8 Bears-Vikings opener. How will field conditions be come Monday night? Last year, before the Bears' preseason opener against the Bengals, which came the week after Soldier Field hosted back-to-back Metallica concerts, the field conditions weren't great."
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Soldier Field turf conditions have always been among the worst in the league. I lived in Chicago for many years, and the saga of the field, who maintains it, cost, etc. has always been its own soap opera. Back in the day it had the worst first generation "AstroTurf" that stayed in place way past its time. When they went to natural turf, they have had just as many issues. Laying new sod has always been a problem as well because there is no time for the new turf to take hold and chunks of sod get torn up. Yep, a real mess as usual in Chicago. Tough place to be a kicker.
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(Yesterday, 08:13 AM)StickierBuns Wrote: "Soldier Field, the aging home of the Bears, played host to five consecutive concerts over Labor Day weekend, culminating with System of a Down and Avenged Sevenfold performing both Sunday and Monday. The Lumineers were the main event Saturday, while My Chemical Romance headlined Friday and Oasis performed in front of 52,000 fans Thursday. In all, there were five concerts in five days with more than 250,000 music lovers in attendance.
According to WGN-TV, crews will spend this week transforming Soldier Field by laying sod ahead of the Sept. 8 Bears-Vikings opener. How will field conditions be come Monday night? Last year, before the Bears' preseason opener against the Bengals, which came the week after Soldier Field hosted back-to-back Metallica concerts, the field conditions weren't great."
Freshly laid sod, and the seams that go with it, could actually be worse.
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If it was about player safety, venues would be required to have playing surfaces to an acceptable level well before a game. Freshly laid said should never be acceptable.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
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(Yesterday, 08:32 PM)JimmyinSD Wrote: If it was about player safety, venues would be required to have playing surfaces to an acceptable level well before a game. Freshly laid said should never be acceptable.
I believe the Soldier Field turf is mostly handled by the City of Chicago, its always been mediocre at best. If Darrisaw starts its because his knee is truly 100% and they have full and utmost confidence. As I mentioned previously: at any other stadium, it might not be a second thought.
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Thursday, 9/4:
Vikings: Left tackle Christian Darrisaw (knee), safety Harrison Smith (illness), running back Zavier Scott (ankle) and defensive lineman Elijah Williams (hamstring) did not practice.
Darrisaw, who is more than 10 months removed from the two torn ligaments in his left knee, had a heavy workload in Wednesday’s practice. Coach Kevin O’Connell said there’s a “good possibility” Darrisaw will play against the Bears.
Smith has been out since Aug. 11 because of a personal health matter, but he has returned to team headquarters and participated in Wednesday’s walkthrough.
Wide receiver Jalen Nailor (hand) and Andrew Van Ginkel (neck) were full participants. This is the first time the Vikings have named of the injury that kept Van Ginkel out for a significant portion of training camp.
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