There are a few stark differences between Buffalo and Los Angeles. For one, the weather is far better on the West Coast than it is in Upstate New York. The lifestyle and food choices are also near-opposites, which Sammy Watkins will learn fairly quickly.

However, the biggest difference in coming over from Buffalo is the surface he’ll be playing on.

The Coliseum uses real grass, which isn’t the case at New Era Field, where the playing surface is artificial turf. For Watkins, that’s a huge upgrade.

“Yeah, that’s the big part, just playing on fast grass,” Watkins said on RamsCamp Live. “The turf wears on your bones and stuff like that. Just to be in the sun literally every day and just know that you have nine or 10 games in the sun, that’s all a player needs. Play fast and you don’t have to worry about the turf and nothing like that.”

For his entire professional career, Watkins has played on artificial turf in Buffalo. It’s not as forgiving on the body and as he eluded to, it wears on your bones. Being in L.A., playing a lot of his games on the West Coast, Watkins will now have the luxury of running on grass again.

Hopefully that subsides his injury questions and allows him to stay healthy for all 16 games this season.