SACTOBILLSFAN Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I'm sure someone has posted this before, but I hadn't seen it till now. Nice piece by Rick Reilly. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10549870/former-buffalo-bills-quarterback-jim-kelly-patiently-endures-cancer-loss I usually can't stand Reilly but that was excellent. Seeing Jimbo in a hospital bed and knowing that damned disease is back has hit me really hard. I grew up watching that man and I know he can beat this again. I don't think I would still be a Bills fan if it wasn't for him, because I'm not sure there would still be a team there. Kick it's ass Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 saw a story today he has been moved to a hospital in NYC. Prayers for your Journey JIMBO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyto83TD Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 !@#$ Cancer! Jim is supposed to have surgery Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Boy. to think about unanswered prayers. Th guy was reluctant to come to Buffalo and yet became a vital part of the Buffalo community. It was really great having him with us as a qb and hopefully we will have him with us a long time as a neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tu-Toned Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I woke up today and saw the picture of him with his daughter in a hospital bed, I started bawling like a baby! My prayers are with you and yours JK. I currently have a sister fighting this dreaded disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not sounding good. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/25/jim-kelly-needs-surgery-for-aggressive-spreading-cancer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyville Guy Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Between Jim's struggles (and those of his family) and Ralph's passing, I am complete trainwreck right now. Praying comfort for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phxbacker Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 As a Christian I have hope in Jims recovery. It is to his God I also pray. In the Bible the book of Philippians chapter 2:19-24 say the following: 19 for I know that through your prayers and Gods provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. 20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; 24 but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. As I said I too am praying for his recovery. Jim will live with Christ Jesus if he does pass from this and we will all will miss him. Yet if it is not his time He will live out his Life for Christ. Either way, know that the family is at peace! AMEN ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Not sounding good. http://profootballta...reading-cancer/ No, it doesn't. In fact, everything about this (the recurrence, descriptions of 'aggressive', reports of high pain levels, relo to NYC, apparent quick timing of surgery, etc) all adds up to sound very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACTOBILLSFAN Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Between Jim's struggles (and those of his family) and Ralph's passing, I am complete trainwreck right now. Praying comfort for all. Right there with you Willyville. It's amazing how two men I've never met have touched my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac4095 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Sad day. I'm not the first to post these pics but putting them together... Edited March 26, 2014 by mac4095 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Right there with you Willyville. It's amazing how two men I've never met have touched my life. Met JK twice back in the day for autographs...he was a nice guy; granted I was like 14 years old.... RW waived at me once before a game when he was on his way to his suite by the players entrance... Still kind of torn up with my childhood hero fighting for his life and now this.... I definitely feel like I lost a big part of me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkgobills Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Prayers to Jim and Family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Right there with you Willyville. It's amazing how two men I've never met have touched my life. Same here. I've had a couple of super brief encounters with Jimbo, but it's all that's on my mind..........And, then the day that we've been dreading for years comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufcomments Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Man this is a very tough week to be a Bills fans. I am in a funk right now and its gonna be hard to sleep tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bunk Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 It's been a tough week. Jim Kelly was the reason i became a Bills fan, a football fan, really. I'm 29 years old, right around 1990 is when i started to understand the game and really become a fan. Can't fathom saying goodbye to Kelly. Ralph will be missed, as well. He kept our Bills in Buffalo, hope it stays that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufcomments Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I now fully realize what Jim Kelly means to me. He's not just a Former player from my favorite team or a HOF QB but instead he is a man that represents an awful lot of who I am and what I believe in. I just came across this article this morning and it seems that it might be a little outdated but it still doesn't lessen the impact that it has on me. It's great to see his HOF friends rally around him. I guess they really are HOFers. Please, pray for him. http://www.wgrz.com/...ens-up/6719277/ Today I cried. Because now I fully realize what Mr. Ralph Wilson Jr. meant to the game of football. He's not just a WW2 vet , he was a man who reps what Buffalo is all about. If not for him and Lamar Hunt there might not have been an AFL. The AFL changed how the game was PLAYED. I ask , did anybody love the game more than Ralph did? Did anybody deserved to lift up the Vince Lombardi more than he?? RIP Ralph, the NFL would not be the NFL without you. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancasterSteve Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 If you didn't cry at Kelly's HOF speech something is wrong with you. I was there & did...just an incredibly sad day with the passing of Ralph Wilson and the news that Jim Kelly is fighting an uphill battle against the cancer we all thought was eradicated on the first go-around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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