The Rain at MetLife Stadium Before Jets-Eagles Preseason Game Was Incredible
The New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles are set to face off in each team's final NFL preseason contest Friday night but the weather may be an issue. A storm is dumping buckets of water on the New York/New Jersey area and it forced kickoff to be moved back to 8 p.m. ET.
MetLife Stadium was getting hit hard in the hours leading up to the game and the visuals are pretty incredible.
Wild storm coming through MetLife Stadium
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 27, 2021
We are live on NBC10 at 5:15, 6:20 PM previewing the Eagles final preseason game tonight pic.twitter.com/8pqh9QwWet
Yikes. That was Kelce on the far left after a dive in the water. #Eagles pic.twitter.com/xbgfLFU4nR
— John McMullen (@JFMcMullen) August 27, 2021
Jason Kelce brave man sliding in the rain on the field at MetLife Stadium ??
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 27, 2021
Wait for it…..
OIinemem are just different pic.twitter.com/4EvuX0CYbL
Jets coach Robert Saleh was getting in some pregame work running up and down the stadium steps despite the weather:
Jet fans this is your Head Coach getting his pregame work in! Neither rain, sleet, or Philadelphia Eagles will keep Robert Saleh fro his appointed rounds pic.twitter.com/G6KNUsJr49
— Otis Livingston (@OlivingstonTV) August 27, 2021
Turf mounds were popping up:
The turf at MetLife stadium has pitching mounds popping up everywhere
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 27, 2021
Zach Ertz has never seen this before pic.twitter.com/vdPZhepaxp
This warning was probably unnecessary:
Important weather info or just hang out in your socks. One or the other #Eagles pic.twitter.com/CkKycult7B
— John McMullen (@JFMcMullen) August 27, 2021
About an hour later Eagles coach Nick Sirianni was checking out the turf for issues:
Nick Sirianni is checking out the turf here at MetLife Stadium after there were some spots where bubbles popped up#TurfBubbles pic.twitter.com/ocSbongHpj
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) August 27, 2021
It looks pretty bad:
The turf at MetLife Stadium doesn’t look like it held up well during the storm. Those black marks are rubber pellets that aren’t supposed to be on top of the turf.
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) August 27, 2021
Crews are working on it now. pic.twitter.com/ZAM4gYWRzP
The weather has cleared for now:
MetLife Stadium 45 minutes before kickoff. No rain right now. pic.twitter.com/ptHUrFQMa3
— Dan Leberfeld (@jetswhispers) August 27, 2021
It looks like they're planning on playing despite the turf issues.