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NFLPA president Eric Winston 'offended personally' by owners' concussion comments

Some NFL owners continue to push back against the notion a link exists between playing football and traumatic brain injuries.

That, quite frankly, upsets Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman and NFL Players Association president Eric Winston, a 10-year veteran in the league.

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Jeff Miller, the NFL's vice president of player health and safety, admitted last month there is a connection between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Despite that admission, NFL owners like Cincinnati's Mike Brown, Dallas' Jerry Jones, New England's Robert Kraft, Cleveland's Jimmy Haslam, Indianapolis' Jim Irsay and Houston's Bob McNair have continued to deny a link.