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USAT: Jets Wire

Mar 31, 2022

Solomon Thomas isn’t concerned with playing at MetLife Stadium despite tearing his ACL against the Jets on that very turf in Week 2 of the 2020 season. - Thomas, who recently signed a one-year deal with the Jets, will play half of his games at the stadium that knocked him out for the year. That game raised concerns about the quality of the turf at MetLife after Thomas and ex-49ers teammates Nick Bosa, Jimmy Garoppolo and Raheem Mostert all left with injuries. - However, independent field inspectors declared MetLife Stadium’s turf safe in 2020. Thomas, meanwhile, said Wednesday that he “made amends” with the field when his Raiders played the Giants last season, per the New York Post’s Brian Costello. - - Solomon Thomas tore his ACL at MetLife in 2020. He said he “made amends” with the turf last year when he played against the Giants with the Raiders. He said he came out early, sat on the turf and talked to it. Said he has no concerns now about playing at MetLife. - — Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) March 30, 2022 - - - Thomas is not the only NFL veteran to recently discuss MetLife’s playing surface. - Eagles center Jason Kelce recently picked the Giants and Jets’ home turf as his least favorite in the NFL. Ex-Giant Logan Ryan, meanwhile, blamed the artificial turf when former teammate Jabrill Peppers ruptured his ACL last October. - - List - - 8 takeaways from Joe Douglas' NFL owners meetings presser - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Jets Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Jets Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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