During Amazon Prime Video's "TNF Nightcap," Michael Smith discussed a "player-safety battle brewing between the league and the NFL Players Association," and a letter the NFLPA and board of player representatives sent to the NFL urging it to immediately remove slit-film turf surfaces being used by at six NFL stadiums, including the Bengals' home field.
Some argue that there is a significant difference in non-contact lower extremity injuries that have occurred on slit-film turf surfaces - used by the Bengals, the New York Giants and Jets (MetLife Stadium), Indianapolis Colts (Lucas Oil Stadium), Detroit Lions (Ford Field), Minnesota Vikings (U.