Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe offered a scathing assessment of the outdoor field at TCF Bank Stadium where team will host the Chicago Bears on Monday night.  Kluwe said on Twitter that despite the efforts of stadium officials to make the college field ready for an NFL game on just days' notice, it was "unplayable."  "The field is as hard as concrete an hour and a half after they took the tarp off, and anyone that hits their head is getting a concussion. I find it interesting that the NFL can claim an emphasis on player safety, and then tell us the field is fine. It's beyond hypocritical. I can only hope, however unlikely, that no one gets catastrophically injured at the trainwreck that's about to take place tomorrow night."  The Vikings held a practice Sunday at the field, which was pressed into service as their temporary home when the roof at the Metrodome collapsed due to heavy snow last weekend.  Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe was more optimistic and said the stadium "cleaned up pretty good," while adding there were "patches of hard and slippery field."  The NFL and the Vikings have insisted the game would be held in Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium, which is normally the home for the University of Minnesota games and does not have heated coils underneath the field.  League spokesman Greg Aiello told the Minneapolis Star Tribune the NFL was still confident in the college stadium's fitness. "Our information from the groundskeepers there is that the field is in good shape," Aiello told the paper.  Vikings coach Leslie Frazier told the team's website he was confident there would be "safe conditions."  "It's not something that our players have to be concerned about," Frazier said. "We can just go out and play football, so it should be good for both teams."  See photos of: NFL, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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