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Jalen Hurts: The field was ‘definitely challenging’ Friday night
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Jalen Hurts: The field was ‘definitely challenging’ Friday night

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley’s three touchdowns and the late injury to Packers quarterback Jordan Love were the headlines of the Eagles’ victory on Friday night, but another story from the first NFL game in Brazil was the state of the playing field.

Players from both teams struggled to keep their feet on the grass at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paolo. Barkley slipped and lost five yards on his first carry as an Eagle, and Packers safety Xavier McKinney, Barkley’s former Giants teammate, also said “there were a couple of instances where I slipped.” Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert compared the field to the slick surface in Arizona for Super Bowl LVII, and quarterback Jalen Hurts also got in on the trouble.

“I mean, you guys saw out there that it was kind of hard to get a grip on,” Hurts said, via ESPN.com’s Tim McManus. “Definitely challenging on that court. It’s not the type of court we’re used to playing on. We’ve had that type of court before. They’ve had to play on it. I’m just glad we found a way to figure it out as a team, overcome it.”

The NFL plans to host more international games in the future and the quality of the fields they use will likely come under more scrutiny after seeing how things went on Friday.