ATLANTA -- The Green Bay Packers sure could have used Sam Shields in Sunday's NFC Championship Game and if it's up the veteran cornerback, he will be back on the field next season even though he still hasn't been cleared from the concussion he sustained in the regular-season opener.
Shields, who has been in Florida since shortly after he went on injured reserve in October, watched the 44-21 loss to the Falcons at the Georgia Dome, where the Packers had no answer for Matt Ryan, Julio Jones and the rest of Atlanta's high-powered offense.