Sterling Shepard went down with a non-contact injury on Monday during the Cowboys-Giants game and Odell Beckham Jr. is blaming the turf at MetLife Stadium.
At the end of the Monday Night’s game, Shepard bizarrely went down with a leg injury while jogging up the field.
Sterling Shepard's injury… Non-contact That's brutal. Prayers up for him. pic.twitter.com/1SGSHkMkji
— @ (@FTBeard7) September 27, 2022
Shepard would later get carted off the field and early reports were that he tore his ACL.
Giants head coach Brian Daboll confirmed Shepard suffered a season-ending ACL injury on the play.
Sterling Shepard has suffered a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the season.
Brian Daboll: "He's a tremendous person. I feel terrible for him." pic.twitter.com/t2q9ptTsxK
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) September 27, 2022
Odell Beckham Jr., who suffered a torn ACL at the Super Bowl while playing on turf at SoFi Stadium, took to Twitter to call on MetLife Stadium to remove the turf.
Just get rid of it all the fkngether bro. Billions made off this game I can’t understand why we can’t play on grass. That shxt is rough. Prayers up for my brother. Shxt just hurt my heart
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) September 27, 2022
The reaction from players and media is that turf needs to go.
Gutted over the Sterling Shepard news. Many players have since relayed an important message to me over the past 12 hours: Every NFL stadium NEEDS natural grass. We KNOW it’s much safer. Specifically, players have a 28% higher rate of non-contact lower extremity injuries on turf.
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 27, 2022
.@JCTretter wrote a great article on this, citing the 28 percent as well as many other notable numbers that clearly tell us grass is much safer than turf. https://t.co/LYKLays2uo
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 27, 2022
#Giants WR Sterling Shepard suffered a torn ACL in last nights game. Think it’s time to evaluate turf fields. Many non-contact injuries have occurred and seems that the players all prefer grass fields.
— Bobby Thompson (@BThomps81) September 27, 2022
