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For Will Shields, enshrinement in Canton is 'icing on the cake'

AUG 06, 2015 12:03p ET

AUG 06, 2015 12:03p ET

Chiefs guard Will Shields will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- On every team for which Will Shields played, from high school in Oklahoma to college at Nebraska to the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs, there was always someone better than him.

More talented. More athletic. More important.

But when he's asked to identify those players, the affable Shields runs into a flaw in his case. Most of the names he mentions never played 14 seasons in the NFL, or made 12 consecutive Pro Bowls, or paved the way for one of the best offenses in Chiefs history.