Pockmarked with dead spots and divots, Soldier Field’s turf would have made an aging public golf course blush Saturday. Nowhere was it more evident than the yardage stencils on the east side of the field, where dead spots competed with white chalk for attention.
It was so bad that super-agent David Canter Tweeted that Saturday’s exhibition opener against the Chiefs should have been canceled.
“Player safety should he tantamount to everything,” he wrote. “We know it’s a pipe dream but this isn’t safe.”
It’s easy to blame the Elton John concert Aug. 5, but the turf was already in bad shape when the Rocket Man arrived.