Like many NFL gamers, Jets veteran defensive sort out Harrison Phillips observed the grass subject getting used at MetLife Stadium this summer season for the World Cup.
Phillips, who’s lively within the NFL Gamers Affiliation, mentioned he hopes NFL groups can discover a manner to make use of grass in all of the stadiums.
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“It is a very sophisticated argument. however I need to stand agency that gamers want good, pure grass,” Phillips mentioned.
Phillips mentioned he believes staff proprietor Woody Johnson is open to discussing altering the sector to grass, however it’s sophisticated since each the Jets and Giants use the stadium, and it’s exhausting to take care of grass fields within the colder months.
Phillips acknowledged some gamers is not going to need to play on a poor grass floor if that’s the various.
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“I believe that there’s a solution,” Phillips mentioned. “I do consider that we will attempt to make gamers happier and get nearer to what they need.”
Harrison Phillips arrives to follow at coaching camp in Florham Park, NJ. Invoice Kostroun/New York Submit
Phillips pointed to the Jets getting a reworked coaching middle as proof that Johnson will spend cash to assist gamers.
“I have been blown away by how a lot our proprietor needs to assist our gamers,” Phillips mentioned. “We will have among the finest amenities not simply within the Nationwide Soccer League, however in all {of professional} sports activities. That is an proprietor that claims, I need to win and I need to do regardless of the gamers want for that.
An aerial view of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ as seen on September 6, 2025. NYPCS for the New York Submit
“If there’s a method to get the gamers what we would like and pure grass is possible and we will present that that is going to make us a more healthy staff, I consider our proprietor would undoubtedly hear that out.”
QB Geno Smith had a robust efficiency Saturday, throwing no incompletions through the staff drills or in seven-on-sevens.
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He went 11-for-11 in staff drills with 4 touchdowns throughout a crimson zone-heavy follow.
“It is good to see that out of your starter,” coach Aaron Glenn mentioned. “Pay attention, he is labored his butt off, from the offseason going to the start of coaching camp, of understanding precisely what we’re doing. I believe him and Frank [Reich, offensive coordinator] are on the identical web page.
“I believe our quarterback coaches are doing a hell of a job of educating him and really increasing his data so far as what we’re making an attempt to do. The one benefit of Geno is so long as he is been on this league, he is nonetheless studying.”
The Jets have an off day Sunday. They’ve their first padded follow Monday. … The staff signed DL Ben Barten and waived LS Garrison Grimes.