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Green Bay Packers' Randall Cobb sore after getting 'folded up like a lawn chair'

By The Sports Xchange
Green Bay Packers' Randall Cobb (18). Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/UPI
Green Bay Packers' Randall Cobb (18). Photo by Jeffrey Phelps/UPI | License Photo

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Of sound mind not long after, Randall Cobb had plenty of descriptive words for the hit and resulting pain he absorbed late Sunday night.

The veteran receiver took a jolt to the back of his neck from New York Giants safety Landon Collins at the end of a pivotal pass play in Green Bay's 23-16 win on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

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"I kind of got folded up like a lawn chair," Cobb said after the game.

He remained sore into Monday, according to Mike McCarthy, but the head coach spoke optimistically about Cobb's prognosis in the short term.

"It didn't look very good," McCarthy said of the Cobb's collision with Collins. "It didn't look very good live, and it didn't look very good on film. Unnecessary, but he's going to be fine."

McCarthy wouldn't say where the source of Cobb's discomfort remained less than 24 hours after the game.

"If he shows up on the injury report, then we'll know," McCarthy said.

Cobb said he was put through a concussion test after the game and thought he passed the initial checkup, saying he answered all of the questions that were asked of him.

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And Cobb was relieved when he was able to move his extremities while he was on the ground for a few minutes after he picked up 13 yards on a short pass from Aaron Rodgers on third-and-10.

That big first-down conversion in Green Bay territory before the two-minute warning allowed the Packers to run out the clock.

"It's football. You take shots, you feel pain," Cobb said.

His gritty performance of nine catches for 108 yards -- his first 100-yard receiving game since Sept. 20, 2015 -- didn't come without a scary moment, however.

"I just felt the hit, and it hurt," said Cobb, able to muster a laugh afterward. "So I laid there for a second, then I turned over and, like, I had 15 faces (from staff and teammates) in front (of me). So I thought I had died or something.

"They kind of scared me more than anything. I took a shot and it hurt, but whenever I saw everybody standing around me, I thought I had died. And, then I felt, I saw I could move my fingers and my feet, so I knew it was all right."

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