Another day, another discouraging word about an NFL standout struggling in the football afterlife.
Matt Millen, who won Super Bowls with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, the 49ers and the Washington Redskins has a rare disease that could necessitate a heart transplant, he told the Morning Call of Pennsylvania.
Millen, 60, suffered from chest pain and shortness of breath for years before being diagnosed last summer with amyloidosis, a rare disease which can be managed, but not cured. The disease can affect multiple internal organs. It is treated with chemotherapy. Fewer than 200,000 cases are diagnosed in the U.