LOS ANGELES — Over the past six months, Alaric Jackson went from the high of a life-changing contract extension to the low of a potentially career-threatening problem with blood clots.

With his latest health issue sorted, the Rams' starting left tackle is grateful to be back in practice this week with his teammates — and he's planning to play when Los Angeles hosts the Houston Texans on Sunday.

"I was kind of in shock, honestly, for a while," Jackson said Wednesday in his first public comments about the setback. “I’m in a good space now about it, (but) I thought I was done (playing) for a little bit, at least.”

Jackson missed all of training camp and the preseason because he was required to avoid head-on-head contact until the problem was under control, although he was able to do condit

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