{"id":760238,"date":"2026-07-13T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/760238\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:30:10","slug":"its-not-gonna-work-james-harrison-says-changing-playing-surface-wont-fix-acrisure-stadiums-biggest-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/760238\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s Not Gonna Work’: James Harrison Says Changing Playing Surface Won’t Fix Acrisure Stadium’s ‘Biggest Issue’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC North last year, they still had some rough moments. Their home field got criticized for good reason. Acrisure Stadium\u2019s field looked almost unplayable at times last season, with many players complaining about it. It got crushed in the NFLPA \u201creport cards,\u201d too.<\/a> As a result, the team decided to change the surface. There\u2019s hope that will fix things, but James Harrison doesn\u2019t believe it will.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest issue that we have is that it\u2019s too many games played on that surface,\u201d Harrison said recently on his Deebo and Joe podcast.<\/a> \u201cI don\u2019t care how many times you change the surface. It\u2019s not gonna work. It\u2019s gonna get terrible in that stadium because you have Pitt playing on that surface, you have us playing on that surface, and then you have the high school playoff games playing on that surface in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at it, you\u2019ve got 25 games or more that are playing on that surface, and that\u2019s before we even get to the playoffs\u2026 Until the Steelers have their own stadium that only they play in, this will be a problem. It will continue to be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers\u2019 new playing surface is called Tahoma 31 Bermuda,<\/a> and they aren\u2019t the only team to use it. The Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears also play on Tahoma 31 Bermuda. Both teams play outside and tend to deal with ugly weather, so they\u2019re good examples of what the Steelers could be in for.<\/p>\n

While it would be tough to be worse than the Steelers\u2019 previous surface, the new one won\u2019t be perfect. For example, the Bears\u2019 field didn\u2019t look pretty at times last season. That doesn\u2019t immediately prove Harrison\u2019s point. However, it shows that the Steelers\u2019 field issues might not be over.<\/p>\n

That isn\u2019t the only example of Tahoma 31 Bermuda having problems. Some fans might remember players on the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs slipping often during Super Bowl LVII. They\u00a0blamed that<\/a>\u00a0on the field being overwatered,<\/a> and hopefully the Steelers are aware of that problem. However, it could be a potential issue if they aren\u2019t careful.<\/p>\n

It might be a little early for Harrison\u2019s pessimism, as the new field was just installed. However, it won\u2019t be long before it gets tested. If Acrisure continues to have problems, perhaps Pitt and the Steelers will consider Harrison\u2019s suggestion. Player safety is important, and sometimes, Acrisure\u2019s field isn\u2019t safe to play on.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the Pittsburgh Steelers won the AFC North last year, they still had some rough moments. Their home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[210267,271155,106663,349,1321,99],"class_list":["post-760238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-acrisure-stadium","tag-deebo-and-joe","tag-james-harrison","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}