‘He Should Retire Then’: Joe Burrow’s Crazy Recent Admission Could Land the Bengals’ QB in All Kinds of Trouble Despite Support From NFL World on Twitter

Just days after Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion injury and the fiasco that followed it, it looks like another NFL team could be facing the heat for more or less the same reason. And that team is none other than the Cincinnati Bengals, against whom Tagovailoa suffered the concussion and had to be stretchered off. But the reason is not Tagovailoa’s injury.

The Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow’s appearance in the ‘Colin Cowherd Podcast’ can potentially give the Bengals a massive headache, pun intended. On the show, Burrow reveals that he’s suffered, and played through concussion injuries. He also talks about how players understand the risk their profession entails, and how injuries are part of the game. He even mentions the handsome salaries they are paid and the risks they undertake.

“I have never had any lasting effects from a concussion like I’ve been hit and forgot the rest of the game before, but I’ve never had one where I have headaches for like a week and I have symptoms of concussion after the game. Like I said I’ve had something where I don’t remember the second half or I don’t remember the entire game or I know that I got a little dizzy at one point,”  Burrow said on the show.

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Burrow’s revelation comes at a time when the NFL is seriously looking into revamping its concussion policies. And also at a time when the Dolphins are facing massive criticism for letting Tagovailoa play against the Bengals.

Tagovailoa’s injury comes in the 2nd quarter of the game against the Bengals. As soon as he hits the ground, his hands seem to seize up, his fingers in a crooked shape as he lay on the ground. They soon stretchered him off the ground to the University of Cincinnati Medical Centre.

Chris Nowinski, a neuroscientist and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, had this to say about the incident on Thursday.

“Ninety-nine point nine percent of the time that player is ruled out of the game without even thinking. This is a failure by everybody. This is a failure by the medical team. This is a failure by the independent medical team on Sunday. This is a failure by the coaching staff. The problem is all these failures, none of them are going to be punished. The person who is punished here is Tua.”

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Player safety should be the team’s primary responsibility. And in the wake of players telling the world about their brushes with concussions, fans will definitely be asking questions about the actual intentions of the teams.

Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow’s startling revelation leaves fans torn on the issue

Reactions to Burrow’s admission on Twitter are varied. Some fans asked him to straight up retire. And some declared him a “legend”, presumably for fighting through the injuries.

Some took to criticizing the NFL and its protocols that teams seem to circumvent quite easily.

And with every issue, no matter how serious, there is always a swarm ready to poke fun at it.

Interestingly, there are many who do not quite believe Burrow’s claims.

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Whichever way the fans tend to lean on Burrow’s claims, his words will surely put the Bengals in an uncomfortable spotlight. Will the NFL’s revision of its concussion protocol bear fruit for players? Will teams find better ways to detect and combat concussion injuries? Or will negligence and recklessness find their way to circumvent whatever solutions the NFL might put in place?