The threat of head injuries is one of the costs of playing football in the eyes of Cincinnati Bengals star Joe Burrow.

"You're going to have head injuries," he said on The Colin Cowherd Podcast (via Ben Baby of ESPN). "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."

Burrow discussed his own history of head injuries.

"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," he said, adding he hasn't suffered any long-term consequences.

Thanks to the 2013 PBS documentary League of Denial and continued research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the dangers presented by repeated head trauma became impossible to ignore.

Nearly a decade later, though, it seems fair to wonder how much has changed.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa appeared to be experiencing concussion-like symptoms in a Week 3 win over the Buffalo Bills but returned in the game.