CANTON, Ohio - The prospect of the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts playing in the Hall of Fame game Sunday night was diminishing with each minute the game got closer to kickoff.
Poor field conditions, reportedly caused by the wrong paint being applied to the Hall of Fame logo at midfield and wording in the end zone, threatened to end this game before it got started. The field was cleared of both teams at about 5:30 CDT with indications being it would be a long shot for the game to be played.
Both the Packers and Colts are going to have to agree the conditions are safe and that may be a hard thing to do with both teams already worried about injuries because they're playing five exhibition games.
Hours before the game, head coaches Mike McCarthy and Chuck Pagano were watching with a worried eye as workers attempted to clear Tom Benson Hall of Fame Field of an accumulation of rubber pellets just hours before the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts were about to kick things off in the annual Hall of Fame game.