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Lions' T.J. Lang on concussions, football: Benefits outweigh risks

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Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez play Monday morning quarterback and look ahead to this week’s Bears game. Recorded Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

By his own estimation, Detroit Lions offensive lineman T.J. Lang has suffered four or five brain injuries in his football career. The latest came less than two weeks ago against his old team the Green Bay Packers.

And while Lang admits "it's kind of tough to remember" how he felt when his concussion symptoms first started to manifest days after the game, the ninth-year offensive guard said that injury hasn't done anything to sour him on the sport.