Injury Updates

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.

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."

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.

MaroonBells wrote:
[twitter]https://x.com/Chris_Hawkey/status/1965132672931697115[/twitter]

It is what it is. No excuses tonight. Chicago is almost always a shit show from a turf perspective, I thought it would be the reason Minnesota would probably sit Darrisaw. I saw a pic of Mina Kimes directly on the field earlier and it looked pretty good. Smooth. Not saying there aren't some issues, but I also know the Twitter fanboys love the drama.

JR44 wrote:
With the millions of dollars invested in these franchises and games, the best they can do to smooth out the seams is one guy with a $20 tool from Home Depot?!  :s

Don't quote me, but I believe the Parks and Rec department of the City of Chicago is responsible for the turf. Now I think they get input from NFL field guys, but this is why it always sucks to some degree. Natural grass just doesn't recover from concerts quickly.