Redskins To Address 'Horrible' Playing Surface

Mike Shanahan won't go as far as Pete Carroll did with his comments, but he agrees the grass isn't always greener at the Washington Redskins stadium, the Associated Press reports. "You'd like a perfect field, and it wasn't a perfect field, we all know that," Redskins coach Shanahan said. Shanahan said putting down a new sod in midseason might not have worked. He said he's seen new sods in San Francisco and Denver that didn't work out. "If you do sod right, at lot of times it's good," Shanahan said. "I really thought the field was OK because I didn't see people slipping during the game. ... Therefore I don't think there's an advantage one way or a disadvantage one way." NFL rules say the home team must certify prior to each game that the playing field meets certain conditions. There is a list of requirements, including an "Impact Hardness Test." Shanahan said he'd be open to the idea of an artificial surface, but that he likes natural grass. "We have that here, but for some reason here it's just not working as well," he said. "Anyway, we'll try to address that for next year." Source: The Redzone