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With the Bills ripping up the grass at their new stadium after only two preseason games and installing a new one for the regular-season home opener, various grass experts have sounded off. Tim Graham of The Athletic has collected and published their comments.

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The legendary George Toma said this as to the failed field: “That hurts me. That’s terrible to happen at all, but so soon? Somebody fell asleep.”

Another "award-winning sports agronomist" with extensive experience installing pro and college surfaces, but who requested anonymity for apparent fear of Big Sod, said that it was "the worst sod I’ve seen in the NFL in my career. I can’t even imagine how that could have happened."

Added Tony Dick, sports management professor at Baldwin Wallace University and former Cleveland Browns assistant head groundskeeper: "[N]atural turf is safer in a perfect setting. But if you have the situation like you have in Buffalo — and I went back and watched the film — you cannot tell me that field was safer than the artificial turf they just left. . . . I’m never putting Josh Allen on a field in that condition.”

The Bills had this to say about the issue, via Graham: “We have consulted with the NFL and an independent expert who works with multiple NFL teams. These consultants recommended utilizing this three-week window before the home opener to install the sod. The NFL inspects every field and determines whether it meets league standards. We are confident that they are the appropriate group to ensure the field performs at the necessary level.”

Still, the unnamed agronomist is skeptical. “They will have a difficult time,” he said. “There’s so much going wrong, and there’s so little time. If that field makes it through the second game, I’ll be shocked.”

Professor Dick offered a prediction: "You might have artificial turf back in there within three years, just because it’s safer than whatever that was."

The first test of Sod 2.0 is only 13 days away. That's when the Bills host the Lions, the first of three Buffalo games in three weekends.

The discussion around Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels this summer has been focused more on his jersey number at LSU than anything having to do with his current play, but that will change next weekend.

Daniels will make his first start since Week 14 of last season when the Commanders face the Eagles in Week 1 and he'll be making his first start since the Commanders replaced offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury with David Blough. When Daniels does take the field, people will be watching to see how he runs an offense that has him under center and huddling more often than in the past as well as whether he can be the dynamic player he was as a rookie without the injuries that swamped his 2025 season.

In an interview with Albert Breer of SI.com, Daniels acknowledged those questions and that he has to show he has grown as a player since taking the Commanders to the 2024 NFC Championship Game.

“Out of sight, out of mind,” Daniels said. “A lot of people, what they last saw was me getting hurt, so what can I say? I can’t live off of what was done in ’24. Obviously, salute to the other guys in my class. Drake [Maye] did what he did. So did Caleb [Williams]. So did Bo [Nix]. Hopefully, down the line, we can go down as the greatest QB class. I know we have a long way to go, but shout out to them, honestly. So I have a chance, when I get out there, in Week 1, to showcase my talents once again, and remind a lot of people.”

The ultimate success of the Commanders will come down to more than just how Daniels performs, but the quarterback's play will have a lot to do with how the overall trajectory of the franchise is viewed after a smashing start came to a crashing end last year.