After Bryan Cox Jr. signed with the Bills this week, we tracked back why his dad, a former Dolphins linebacker, was once the most-hated player by Bills Mafia in the 1990s.
A colorful history between Cox Sr. and Buffalo.
Despite the finger perhaps pointing toward the elder Cox disapproving of his son’s choice, via a conference call after signing with the Bills, Cox Jr. said otherwise.
“It has nothing to do with me personally. My pops is excited just as I am. I’m sure he’d be happy to come to Buffalo, he has no had feelings. He’s just… that was back in the day,” he said.
“I feel like if I come in and produce, none of that matters… I feel like I’ll be embraced,” Cox Jr. added.
After a spell with the Panthers to start his career as an undrafted rookie in 2017, Cox Jr. said he joined the Bills because of defensive line coach Eric Washington, who he built a strong relationship with in Carolina. Cox Jr. then spent a brief time with the Browns last season.
But with his father in mind, is there a way he can personally be helping the Bills moving forward? Cox Jr. said his dad pushing him is his No. 1 motivator as it always has been.
“My pops is my biggest critic, I’ll tell you right now. Even in high school, man… he’d have something negative to say every single time. He’d always say, ‘you do what you do well, so let’s talk about the bad stuff.’ He’s always on me about what I could have done better,” Cox Jr. said.
The circle of life right there.
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