Vikings' Kirk Cousins admits being 'in denial' in moments following gruesome Achilles tear

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During an October game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Minnesota Vikings star quarterback Kirk Cousins was carted into the visiting locker room. He soon learned he had a torn right Achilles.

The four-time Pro Bowler happened to be wearing a microphone at the time. The mic'd up Cousins initially believed he merely suffered an ankle injury. "Yeah my ankle is shot," the microphone captured Cousins telling medical personnel in the moments following the injury. 

In a recent edition of "The Voyage", a digital series from the Vikings, Cousins detailed the moments following his season-ending injury.

"When I first got hurt, I didn't think I did anything too bad because I get stepped on all the time. … it just felt like my heel got stepped on," the 35-year-old quarterback said.

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, #8, is helped off the field after going down with an injury in the fourth quarter of an NFL game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

Cousins went on to admit that he was in a state of denial as it related to the severity of the injury and assumed he would only miss a few games.

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"I assumed at first, 'Oh it's a sprained ankle. This is going to be a difficult next month as I rehab but I'll be able play. I'm a pocket passer,'" he continued. "I still didn't think I had torn anything. I still didn't think it'd be season-ending. I just knew it would probably be game-ending."

"I was in denial," he