Since Heinz Field (now Acrisure Stadium) opened in 2001, the Steelers have shared the venue with Pitt. And it often shows.

On Sunday, the Steelers’ home game was played on turf that looked and played horribly. Kicker Chris Boswell slipped and fell during a field goal attempt. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers called the surface “ borderline unplayable .”

Former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger agrees.

“You can’t have a professional football team, not just the Steelers but the opponents, play on a surface like that,” Roethlisberger said on his Footbahlin podcast. “Because you’re paying them a lot of money and if people get hurt, it’s not a good thing.”

Roethlisberger has a simple solution.

“And the only thing I can think of is — and I’ve been saying this for a while — I don’t thin

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