Field conditions at Super Bowl LVII were among the key topics of conversation following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles and were still in the spotlight nearly five months later.
According to Pro Football Talk, the field conditions at State Farm Stadium were a topic of conversation among team owners and the NFL is blaming players for not wearing the correct cleats, even as the Eagles are reportedly they changed shoes at halftime.
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Philadelphia Eagles number 23 CJ Gardner-Johnson celebrates against the Kansas City Chiefs during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
Eagles cornerback Darius Slay and Detroit Lions safety CJ Gardner-Johnson, who was with the Eagles last season, commented on the report. As Slay tweeted that there should be nothing more to talk about with training camp about to start, Gardner-Johnson wanted to play the Super Bowl again, vowing that Philadelphia’s defensive line would have destroyed the Chiefs’ offensive line.
However, Orlando Brown Jr. put an end to that very quickly.
Darius Slay, #2 of the Philadelphia Eagles, high-fives Avonte Maddox, #29, against the Kansas City Chiefs before Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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Brown was on the Chiefs’ offensive line during the Super Bowl before leaving for the Cincinnati Bengals in the offseason. He scouted it for the former Eagles defensive back.
«Talk turf on the biggest stage… Y’all plan was to win with games when running 4 with a mix of man and zone thinking s—was coming home,» he wrote on Twitter. «On top of that they all ran 5 with Cov 1 and a touch of 3! Let’s not act like the course helps me stop a bull run I have to put cleats in the ground to stop it. If anything it helped them to you! everything!!»
Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr., #57, during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LVII Victory Parade on February 15, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
George Toma has been involved in Super Bowl field preparations for decades and shared his theory in February about what may have caused problems at State Farm Stadium. He told ESPN at the time that he believed the grass was overwatered.
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Whatever the problem, it was clearly a factor in the game.