Broncos rookie cornerback Perrish Cox has to pass the NFL-mandated post-concussion test before he can play against the San Francisco 49ers in London on Sunday.
Shortly after playing in Oakland’s 59-14 rout of Denver last Sunday, Cox went home and watched the contest again.
Not to learn what went wrong.
Just to remember what took place after a blow to the head completely wiped out his memory of the game.
Cox suffered a head injury in the third quarter and couldn’t recall any of the details from the lopsided loss. He clearly remembers the night before and then coming to in the trainer’s room.
In between, nothing.
“I woke up and asked what the score was and they told me: ‘A lot to a little,’” Cox told reporters on Tuesday. “That was kind of shocking to me — I don’t remember nothing.”
Later, Cox fast-forwarded the game to the play where he was injured. He had to know what happened.
However, Cox saw nothing out of the ordinary.
One moment he was hovering around Raiders receiver Louis Murphy near the sideline on a pass play and the next both were down on the field. Murphy left the game with a chest injury and Cox was helped to the bench and then into the locker room.
“I think I caught his back or a knee or something like that,” Cox said. “But I was out.”
He tried to finish watching the recording of the game, but couldn’t, quickly switching it off.
“I deleted it,” Cox said. “I don’t even want to see it no more. Get well and just forget about it. I don’t want to think about it.”
Cox showed up on Tuesday wearing dark shades to shield his eyes from the bright lights in the locker room. Cox said he has never had a concussion before and used to wonder what all the fuss was about.
With his head pounding, he now understands.
“I looked at it as just a head injury. When it happened to me and I forgot everything, it makes you nervous,” Cox said. “You feel like you got knocked down, but you got knocked down a few levels. It still scared me because I don’t know what happened.”
Cox hasn’t been officially ruled out for when the Broncos (2-5) travel to London to face the 49ers (1-6) on Sunday. He didn’t practice on Tuesday, but arrived at the facility so he doesn’t fall too far behind in preparations — just in case.
“I was told there was a chance,” said Cox, a fifth-round pick out of Oklahoma State who has been starting opposite Pro Bowler Champ Bailey because of injuries in the secondary.
Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said the team would take a cautious approach.
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