10-05-2022, 12:59 PM
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34732172/cincinnati-bengals-joe-burrow-says-head-injuries-inherent-part-playing-nfl
"I've had some where I don't remember the second half or I don't remember the entire game or I know I got a little dizzy at one point," Burrow told The Colin Cowherd Podcast. "But nothing long-lasting."
Burrow went on to say that those issues are part of playing the sport.
"You're going to have head injuries," Burrow told the podcast. "You're going to tear your ACL. You're going to break your arm. That's the game that we play. That's the life that we live. And we get paid handsomely for it. I think going into every game, we know what we're getting ourselves into."
"You have 300-pound men running 20 miles an hour trying to take your head off while you're standing still, trying to ignore it and find receivers that are open," Burrow said on the podcast.
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He gets it. Hopefully the league does not over react and start to treat him different, tho.
"I've had some where I don't remember the second half or I don't remember the entire game or I know I got a little dizzy at one point," Burrow told The Colin Cowherd Podcast. "But nothing long-lasting."
Burrow went on to say that those issues are part of playing the sport.
"You're going to have head injuries," Burrow told the podcast. "You're going to tear your ACL. You're going to break your arm. That's the game that we play. That's the life that we live. And we get paid handsomely for it. I think going into every game, we know what we're getting ourselves into."
"You have 300-pound men running 20 miles an hour trying to take your head off while you're standing still, trying to ignore it and find receivers that are open," Burrow said on the podcast.
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He gets it. Hopefully the league does not over react and start to treat him different, tho.
