Tyler Boyd sounds off on ‘terrible’ playing surface that got A.J. Green hurt

By Jesse Reed

·Updated: July 28, 2019

A.J. Green is out for six to eight weeks with an ankle injury suffered on the University of Dayton playing field, which teammate Tyler Boyd says “was terrible.”

Green tore ligaments in his left ankle and had to be carted off the field on Saturday.

On Sunday, Boyd sounded off:

Tyler Boyd on the field in Dayton yesterday. Not holding back: "Turf was terrible. I couldn't run any routes. I was falling all over. It was bad. There was rock, pebbles out there. It was somewhere we shouldn't have been." #bengals
— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) July 28, 2019

The big problem here is that, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Bengals signed off on the field after doing a site survey.

More on the decision to practice at the University of Dayton where A.J. tore ligament in his ankle Saturday: Bengals cleared the football field for use in the end, per source. Team did a site survey there and confirmed it was good to go.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 28, 2019

So, in the end it seems Boyd, Green, and Bengals fans as a whole have nobody to blame but the franchise itself.