Bills legend Jim Kelly reveals he suffered a stroke this spring, says he feels 'really good' now

Former Buffalo Bills backmost Jim Kelly revealed that he suffered a changeable this outpouring and had to walk a fewer days successful nan hospital, though he feels "really good" now.

Kelly said to reporters successful Orchard Park, New York, during nan ribbon-cutting ceremonial of nan caller Highmark Stadium, wherever nan Bills will play opening this season. While nan time was ceremonial arsenic nan Bills statesman a caller era successful their caller stadium, Kelly's announcement wasn't news anyone expected.

"I had a small setback astir a period and a half ago," Kelly explained, via ESPN. "But correct now, I consciousness good. Eyesight’s not great. My proceeding still sucks, but that’s portion of life."

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Former Buffalo Bills backmost Jim Kelly stands connected nan section earlier a crippled betwixt nan Buffalo Bills and nan Tennessee Titans astatine Highmark Stadium. (Mark Konezny/USA TODAY Sports)

The 66-year-old Pro Football Hall of Famer has dealt pinch wellness problems successful nan past, including aggregate cancer diagnoses. His latest came successful 2018 erstwhile he needed room to region oral crab and reconstruct his precocious jaw. He besides underwent chemotherapy successful 2014 for crab recovered successful his maxillary sinus, and had an first room successful 2013 to region squamous compartment carcinoma from his precocious jawbone.

Kelly said that his caller crab screenings came backmost "all good."

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"Everything’s good," he added.

Kelly is good known successful Bills lore, having been nan team’s franchise backmost from 1986-96, wherever he helped lead his squad to 4 consecutive Super Bowls. Unfortunately, each Bills fans retrieve really those ended – 4 consecutive defeats.

Former Buffalo Bills backmost Jim Kelly poses connected nan reddish carpet earlier nan NFL Honors grant show astatine Symphony Hall. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

Thus, nan Bills still don’t person a Vince Lombardi Trophy successful their squad installation contempt having made runs successful caller seasons pinch Josh Allen now astatine nan helm for Buffalo. The Bills made it arsenic acold arsenic nan AFC Championship Game doubly since Allen was drafted successful 2018, but they mislaid to nan Kansas City Chiefs successful some of those games.

Kelly, who still lives successful nan Western New York area and is actively progressive pinch nan Bills, is looking guardant to nan team’s first location crippled successful their caller stadium. The Bills will big nan Detroit Lions successful their regular-season opener connected Sept. 17, erstwhile he hopes nan caller Highmark Stadium sees a triumph successful its debut.

"It’s going to beryllium special, not only for nan players, but ideate nan fans successful there, really crazy and chaotic and large they’re going to get," Kelly said. "And that’s what I’m looking guardant to. I want to spot really large this stadium tin get. And from what I’ve been told, it’s going to beryllium unbelievable, but I don’t expect thing less."

Former Buffalo Bills backmost and Hall of Famer Jim Kelly waves to nan crowd arsenic he leaves nan section during nan second-to-last time of nan Buffalo Bills training campy astatine St. John Fisher University successful Rochester, N.Y., connected Aug. 10, 2022. (Shawn Dowd/USA TODAY NETWORK Syndication)

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Buffalo fans are notorious for their pregame rituals, whether it’s jumping done foldable tables, eating pizza retired of filing cabinets, aliases spraying "Pinto Ron" pinch ketchup and mustard during tailgates. "Let’s Go Buffalo!" rang done nan aged Highmark Stadium for years, and that will only transportation complete to nan caller digs, which will clasp a capacity 60,108 patrons connected crippled days. The capacity, however, is complete 10,000 less from nan erstwhile stadium, but location isn’t expected to beryllium a bad spot successful nan house.

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