Aaron Rodgers has to be happy that the Green Bay Packers will not be traveling to Tampa next season.
On his ESPN Milwaukee radio show (via ESPN.com), Rodgers says he suffered the calf injury that affected his play down the stretch was the result of playing on a crummy field against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 16.
"The calf was, in my opinion, due to the poor surface in Tampa," Rodgers said. "Tampa is where I hurt my shoulder as well back in 2008, and I think that there needs to be looked at some more uniformity as far as the field conditions."
The calf severely limited Rodgers from the Week 17 win over the Detroit Lions through the Packers' NFC championship loss against the Seattle Seahawks. He said that Tampa's field conditions are similar to some other poor surfaces around the NFL, even with some very good ones as well.
"I think there's a couple of surfaces that are more likely to create injury than prevent injury," Rodgers said. "There's some incredible surfaces in the NFL. There's some ones that I think need to be looked at. Tampa is one of them because of the amount of play, I think, that happens there.
"When you put down so much sod and it's very uneven and soft, I think it can lead to more injuries. I've played there three times and been hurt there — in my opinion, directly related to the field — twice."
The NFLPA does an annual poll of its players who vote on the worst playing surfaces around the league, so it will be interesting to see where Raymond James Stadium comes in on their list.
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