NFL Heat: 'I Didn't Play a Snap, and I Had to Get an IV'

Of all the stats to emerge from Sunday's game against the Eagles and Titans, the most jarring one is that the temperature on the turf in Tennessee hit 157 degrees in the second half. The Fox broadcast relayed the stat, along with images of players having their cleats cooled off with water, reports ESPN. The Eagles' Cam Jurgens says he went through multiple pairs because parts were melting. "Halftime was like a NASCAR pit crew helping me get ready for the second half," he said, per the Guardian. "That turf was just radiating."

The temperature in Nashville was 95 degrees when the game began at noon local time, notes the Athletic. "I didn't play a snap and I had to get an IV," said Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni. Expect the conditions to feed into the players' union push to ban artificial turf. ESPN notes that the league would not allow regular practice in that kind of heat, raising the question of whether it might have to change its scheduling protocol for hot-weather cities next September. For the record, the Eagles won, 24-20.