The aerial shots showed a field that looked bad, green on the edges but worn-out down the middle – a look FedEx Field has shown before. And the optics were made worse when Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins stubbed his front foot as he was throwing a pass in that brown section.
Some players have privately grumbled about the field for a long time. Seattle once did so publicly after seeing defensive end Chris Clemons tear his ACL playing on the surface. The Washington Post reported that the NFLPA is looking into the field situation.