Yeah basically. Watch the video of Rodgers Achilles snapping, if you can stomach it. Now imagine that same play on a natural field.
There would be A LOT more give into the ground, and more often the grass sliding and giving way, which could take a lot of force away from that tendon.
Instead, his foot could not move or find a better position so that his own body could distribute the force, and the ground never gave any leeway, so all the force of him running, trying to break a tackle and a 300+lb elite athlete tackling him was transferred into his static Achilles tendon.
This could have been a sprained ankle, or maybe nothing on a grass field.
Yeah I have never liked it. When I've played on football field turf, it almost feels like a basketball court. It's very hard, and the traction is so much higher.
I was a HS lineman, and I didn't even use cleats on turf. I couldn't afford the additional cleats that work on turf, so when we played on turf I just used sneakers and never had traction issues even in the rain!