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I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT THE FIELD. WE LIKE THE FIELD OF ME THOUGHT IT WAS PERFECTLY READY TO ROLL. YOU HAVE TO ASK GREEN BAY ABOUT THAT. IT DIDN’T IMPACT OUR PLAY CALLINGS OR EVALUATIONS. WE JUST ADAPTED AS THEY DID TO THE NEW DIMENSIONS OF THE FIELD. SHELDON: PACKERS FANS ARE VOICING THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE PRESEASON LOSS. WE GO LIVE TO NEW BERLIN WITH REACTION. I IMAGINE A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT HAPPY. >> WE ARE OUT AT THE IHEART RADIO STUDIOS WHERE DAN NEEDLES JUST TOO THE MIC. THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS GAME FROM LAST NIGHT. RAIDERS-PACKERS, THEY HAD TO PLAY ON THAT SHORTENED FIELD. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, BEFORE KICKOFF, THEY INSPECTED THE LOSE PATCHES OF TURF AND CRUISE REPORTEDLY GLUED THE TURF DOWN AND THE SHOW WENT ON. OFFICIALS SHORTENED THE FIELD TO 80 YARDS WITH SAFETY CONCERNS. MOST STARTERS INCLUDING AARON RODGERS WERE KEPT OUT OF THE GAME. TAKE A LISTEN. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON IT NOW, I THINK THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED THE GAME. BECAUSE OF THE CHANCE FOR INJURY AND ONE OF THE PACKERS DID GET INJURED SERIOUSLY IT LOOKS LIKE. WE DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TURF BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN’T THE AREA THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT. THOSE NEVER CAME INTO PLAY. THE REST OF THE FIELD, IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE IT WAS UP TO NFL CALIBER. I CAN HEAR THEM THROUGH THE SOUNDPROOF WALL. IT’S GETTING PRETTY ANIMATED GAME. DAN IS THROWING HIS HANDS UP IN THE AIR. THAT SHORTENED FIELD CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERN HERE AT THE RADIO STATION AND NOW THE NEXT PRESEASON GAME IS THURSDAY AT 7:00 P.M. AGAINST THE CHIEFS OF THIS TIME THE PACKERS WILL BE BACK IN GREEN BAY.

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The Green Bay Packers were in the national spotlight Tuesday night in an HBO special.Fans got a behind-the-scenes look at the team nearly a week after it played the Oakland Raiders in Winnipeg, Manitoba.The Packers had a small role in "Hard Knocks."The turf issues experienced before the game were highlighted in the episode.Referees made the decision to shorten the field to 80 yards.The turf was loose in two places where goal posts are played for Canadian Football League games.Raiders Coach Jon Gruden didn't call out any Packers players or coaches by name, but he made his displeasure known.Gruden put the blame on the Packers for the shortened playing field."It's not Lambeau Field quality, I know," Gruden said to Packers Coach Matt LaFleur. "But we're playing. You guys don't want to play or what?"LaFleur said the decision wasn't up to him."I said, 'Hey, I don't really care.' I just want to kick off and start playing ball," LaFleur replied to Gruden before the game."Let's just play the game, man," Gruden said."The risk-reward wasn't worth it to me," LaFleur said after the game. But "Hard Knocks" revealed Gruden's apparent displeasure with that decision on the sidelines."I've been playing in this game for a long time, man. You got some guy get off the bus and say he can't play here," Gruden said to another coach on the sidelines.The show had Packers fans talking Wednesday.The episode showed Gruden and LaFleur seemed to be on the same page about playing the game.But later Gruden clearly was not happy with the decision to shorten the field.Some Packers fans believe his comments were clearly directed at LaFleur.The Raiders beat the Packers 22-21.Quarterback Aaron Rodgers traveled with the team to Canada but did not play.