{"id":962007,"date":"2026-08-02T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/962007\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T07:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:00:18","slug":"jets-harrison-phillips-echoes-cries-for-stadiums-to-use-real-grass-after-world-cup-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/962007\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets’ Harrison Phillips echoes cries for stadiums to use real grass after World Cup change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many NFL players<\/a>, Jets veteran defensive tackle Harrison Phillips noticed the grass field being used at MetLife Stadium this summer for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Phillips, who is active in the NFL Players Association, said he hopes NFL teams can find a way to use grass in all the stadiums. <\/p>\n

MetLife will go back to turf for the football season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very complicated argument. but I want to stand firm that players prefer good, natural grass,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n

Phillips said he believes team owner Woody Johnson is open to discussing changing the field to grass, but it is complicated since both the Jets and Giants use the stadium, and it is hard to maintain grass fields in the colder months. <\/p>\n

Phillips acknowledged some players will not want to play on a poor grass surface if that is the alternative.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that there is an answer,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI do believe that we can try to make players happier and get closer to what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jets'Harrison Phillips arrives to practice at training camp in Florham Park, NJ. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n

Phillips pointed to the Jets getting a remodeled training center<\/a> as evidence that Johnson will spend money to help players.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been blown away by how much our owner wants to support our players,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have one of the best facilities not just in the National Football League, but in all of professional sports. That\u2019s an owner that says, I want to win and I want to do whatever the players need for that. <\/p>\n

\"AerialAn aerial view of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ as seen on September 6, 2025. NYPCS for the New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a way to get the players what we want and natural grass is feasible and we can show that that\u2019s going to make us a healthier team, I believe our owner would definitely hear that out.\u201d<\/p>\n

QB Geno Smith had a strong performance Saturday<\/a>, throwing no incompletions during the team drills or in seven-on-sevens. <\/p>\n

He went 11-for-11 in team drills with four touchdowns during a red zone-heavy practice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to see that from your starter,\u201d coach Aaron Glenn said. \u201cListen, he\u2019s worked his butt off, from the offseason going to the beginning of training camp, of understanding exactly what we\u2019re doing. I think him and Frank [Reich, offensive coordinator] are on the same page. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our quarterback coaches are doing a hell of a job of teaching him and actually expanding his knowledge as far as what we\u2019re trying to do. The one good thing about Geno is as long as he\u2019s been in this league, he\u2019s still learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jets have an off day Sunday. They have their first padded practice Monday. \u2026 The team signed DL Ben Barten and waived LS Garrison Grimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like many NFL players, Jets veteran defensive tackle Harrison Phillips noticed the grass field being used at MetLife…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,17589,1917,255,2321,2097,6,9,8896],"class_list":["post-962007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-football","tag-jets","tag-metlife-stadium","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-training-camp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117024628686246654","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}