{"id":5939,"date":"2024-09-07T13:25:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T13:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2024-09-07T13:25:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T13:25:21","slug":"video-field-at-philadelphia-eagles-green-bay-packers-nfl-game-in-brazil-is-so-bad-that-even-the-refs-are-getting-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=5939","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Field At Philadelphia Eagles-Green Bay Packers NFL Game In Brazil Is So Bad That Even The Refs Are Getting Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The field at Arena Corinthians for the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0game in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil is so bad that even one of the officials got hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night\u2019s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers marked the first\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0contest in Brazil. And let\u2019s just say that players\u2019 concerns about the quality of the field turned out to be completely justified.<\/p>\n<p>The field for Arena Corinthians was so porous that field judge Ryan Dickson even suffered an undisclosed injury during the game. NBC\u2019s cameras caught trainers looking at his right leg on the sideline at one point:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Field judge injury <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/REF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#REF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vjtbpWoVGI\">pic.twitter.com\/vjtbpWoVGI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tanner Phifer (@TannerPhifer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TannerPhifer\/status\/1832227279969149122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the thrilling back-and-forth game between the Cheeseheads and Philadelphia Eagles has been largely overshadowed by the awful field conditions. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James even had to chime in on it:<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container pw-clearfix\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw_report_ad_container\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Man this field sucks!!! \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f GB vs PHI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1832225092002033749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There were several concerns about the safety of players heading into Friday\u2019s game. Philadelphia Eagles superstar wide receiver AJ Brown and All-Pro cornerback Darius Slay\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/41121715\/sao-paulo-beefs-security-nfl-historic-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed\u00a0<\/a>that they were given important safety tips, with the latter stating they were told to stay in their hotels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NFL: \u201cLet\u2019s play one of most viewed games in a country that doesn\u2019t even like the football at a field where players slip &amp; fall every play\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4G0IPjjmgo\">pic.twitter.com\/4G0IPjjmgo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Monahan (@AlexMonahan100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexMonahan100\/status\/1832221476755534064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>to this point, of course, is the field quality.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles will return home for a Week 2 \u201c<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/monday-night-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday Night Football<\/a>\u201d showdown vs. the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 16. The Packers will host the Indianapolis Colts in their home opener Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-four-more-international-series-games-in-2024\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Four More International Series Games In 2024<\/h2>\n<p>The Philadelphia Eagles-Green Bay Packers contest is the first of five NFL International Series games for 2024. There are three games in London, England (New York Jets vs. Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 6, Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Chicago Bears on Oct. 13 and New England Patriots vs. Jaguars on Oct 20).<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 International Series will wrap up on Nov. 10 when the New York Giants play the Carolina Panthers at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The field at Arena Corinthians for the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0and\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0game in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil is so bad that even one of the officials got hurt. Friday night\u2019s game between &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5941,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5939\/revisions\/5941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}