One of the smartest, clutchest gunslingers in the annals of NFL history is facing down his most complicated issue yet — but that hasn’t kept the smile from his face. Legendary NFL and Miami Hurricanes quarterback Bernie Kosar has revealed to that, despite a pair of gut-wrenching health diagnoses, the 60-year-old remains upbeat. Per the outlet, Kosar is facing down two devastating health issues: On the first issue, Kosar has apparently shown marked improvement already — but that’s hardly cause to celebrate just yet.
“Liver disease does tend to fluctuate,” Dr. Anthony Post, who is treating Kosar, told Cleveland Magazine. “So he’s on that wave thing where it goes up and down.
He’s in a good phase right now, but anything bad could happen.” Dr. Michael Roizen, who is also treating Kosar, thinks that it’s almost inevitable that Kosar will need a liver transplant, which he is on a recipient list for.
“He is a wonderful and tough human being,” Roizen said, before also noting that “undergoing a transplant, no matter who you are, is a difficult thing: difficult to get the transplant, difficult to live with it.” Kosar has been diagnosed with cirrhosis, the third of four stages of liver failure. The longtime quarterback told Cleveland Magazine that an honorary visit to a tilt between the (the team Kosar played the longest for) and the New York Jets at the end of 2023 turned into a bad out-of-body experience.
“My body gave out on me,” Kosar said. “I rea.
