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    With concussion fog lifted, Sam Shields aims for Rams roster spot

    by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times Aug 24, 2018 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The nausea came over him in waves every day. He was dizzy, uncomfortable in bright light and he couldn't bear being outside for very long.

    As much as cornerback Sam Shields missed football, simply watching a game on TV was too much for his concussion-muddled brain to process.

    "Mentally, at times I wasn't there," he said. "I couldn't do nothing. I'd sit in the dark and go to sleep."

    Shields, a key member of Green Bay's Super Bowl XLV championship team and a 2014 Pro Bowl selection, took a

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