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@AlbertBreer Football tears up natural grass. Soccer stadiums don’t even let the NFL play on their surfaces. Very difficult to maintain.

The turf thing is easy to explain ... • Cost of stadiums EXPLODED. NRG opened in 2002 at a cost of $352 million ... Lucas Oil opened in 2008 for $732M ... MetLife in 2010 at $1.6B ... and so on. • To justify stadium costs, owners increasingly jammed more events in them. • Grass is difficult to maintain if you're putting a million events in the stadiums. • Turf is easier and cheaper. • More teams do it, it becomes normalized, so then others, like the Panthers and Titans, take advantage of that to save money. And here we are. Reality is, even if you set the safety issue aside, players hate the way they feel coming off playing on it. There's a reason why 32 out of 32 teams practice on grass, even when they're preparing to play for a game on turf. It'll be interesting to see where this goes from here.

@AlbertBreer Retractable single team dome stadiums would be the answer.

@DanSchneierNFL Football and soccer aren’t even played on the same grass. Far easier to maintain for soccer.

Billions in annual revenue — they can afford it. They don’t have to do it. But they can afford to do it. And they should. All teams should get on board with this. It’s better for the product, for the fans but more importantly for the human beings putting their bodies on the line

@DanSchneierNFL It’s more about the upkeep of natural grass. Would be very difficult to pull off in two team stadiums. It’s hard enough for one team. Everyone would like grass, but it’s easier said than done.

@BobbySkinner_ Yall should do a collab show under the @GiantsNationPod umbrella covering the NFC East. @DanSchneierNFL 🍿

Really enjoyed this episode, especially the Jaxson Dart talk. LISTEN

@paulie23ny @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod You would be incorrect. Again. Enjoy your evening sir.

@Durango__Z @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod I think you are one of those fans that thinks the cap is real, everyone who knows inner workings knows it is mostly fake & can be manipulated

"Every club is different" Giants Assistant GM Brandon Brown on differing philosophies with void years compared to the Eagles

@paulie23ny @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod Sounds like you need to do more research on the subject. 🍻

@Durango__Z @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod They were doing this when Brees was there & won a title & stayed competitive

@paulie23ny @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod 0 playoff appearances since Brees retired?

@Durango__Z @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod And it helped the Saints too be competitive for years and years. And they took it on the chin for one year after getting an edge for years & years.

@paulie23ny @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod Saints took it on the chin for more than one year. That’s just silly.

@paulie23ny @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod Saints were doing it well before Philly. It’s not a fool proof strategy. Especially when used too aggressively.

@Durango__Z @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod Your opinion & almost no one agrees with that take. Philly has found a legal edge that every team should do. Most giants fans would love to follow the Philly model.

@paulie23ny @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod Absolutely false

@Durango__Z @ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod No it doesn't, every team in the NFL should be doing what the eagles do. Even if it comes due maybe one year down the line you push it off to a reload/rebuild year and in the meantime for the previous decade you competed for super bowls, kept any star you wanted, ect

@ModerateNGood @GiantsNationPod Because the bill comes due eventually. Makes it harder to move on from bad contracts or players that ask for trades.

@Durango__Z @GiantsNationPod Why is that?

@BobbySkinner_ @JEluemunor

Francis Mauigoa thinks Jerome Eluemunor is a cool guy

@BigBlueVCR Reese

If the Dex trade didn't happen, was it ever confirmed what NYG would done if the board fell the way it did & they stayed at #5? Would they have taken Reese due to board value or picked Mauigoa for value & need?

Sam and Steve break down the Eagles' off season 👀 "They've brought in like four potential pass catchers to try to re-create (AJ Brown) in the aggregate."

The #Eagles make it official on Adam Berry as new assistant GM in announcing a bunch of new titles and hires. In here, former #Jets GM Mike Maccagnan comes aboard to lend expertise to some younger scouts who will be on the road.

@LanceZierlein 🤣🤣🤣

These seem almost impossible. Terminator X is what??!!

For the first time since 2012, Jeff Stoutland isn’t leading the #Eagles O-line. Here is new assistant Chris Kuper working with rookies:

@ZBerm @MikeGarafolo What, no statue?

Makai Lemon will wear No. 9. Nick Foles gave him the blessing. The two spoke. Lemon is the fist one to wear it since Nick Foles.