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Chad Johnson Thinks Steelers Used To Keep The Heinz Field Grass Messy On Purpose

When talking about bad playing surfaces, the first stadiums that come up are always MetLife Stadium and FedEx Field. In the past few years, those stadiums have developed a horrible reputation. However, if we rewind a couple of decades, the Steelers’ home at Acrisure Stadium (then Heinz Field) would have been in that conversation.

The grass at Heinz Field was a mess in the early and mid-2000s. When the Pittsburgh Steelers played the Miami Dolphins in 2007, the turf was so bad that on a punt, the ball didn’t roll; it just ended up stuck where it landed.