Berry out for the year

[Captain Obvious]

Surprise of the day: Chiefs put S Eric Berry on NFI - no -football Illness, which means he is out for the year, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 24, 2014

[tooge]

Sheesh man. Go fight this mother****er #29, and beat it. You are Eric Mother****in Berry dammit.

[Dayze]

there are probably only 5 (and that's being generous) players in the NFL that I'm a huge fan of. Berry is one of them. he embodies everything I used to love about the NFL.

sucks big time.

[LOCOChief]

Originally Posted by Bambi

A good friend of mine has had Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

He's stayed alive for the past 15 years but been in and out of chemo with the best doctors in the world.

There's really no simple answer but I would say it's not very likely for him to play again.

The muscle atrophy he'll experience from radiation and chemo will make training upper body difficult and regaining strength almost impossible. This will be the toughest fight he's ever been in.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by LOCOChief

The muscle atrophy he'll experience from radiation and chemo will make training upper body difficult and regaining strength almost impossible. This will be the toughest fight he's ever been in.

True, BUT he has youth on his side. Deal is sometimes that type of cancer is very aggressive in young people...This certainly might not be the norm but I had a HS teammate who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma our Jr. year. He missed all of senior year but was able to walk on at Texas Tech the following year as a DB and later RB. He's doing well now but has had to take thyroid and other mediation his whole life.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Dayze

there are probably only 5 (and that's being generous) players in the NFL that I'm a huge fan of. Berry is one of them. he embodies everything I used to love about the NFL.

sucks big time.

This.

[Cheater5]

Many of us have friends or relatives who have had NHL, me included.

My good friend was on a 9 mile run and started coughing up blood, and thought he might have pneumonia. He went to the doctor and got checked out only to find a grapefruit sized mass in the center of his chest. It was pushing his esophagus and heart out of alignment. At 24 years old the dude went through hell and was given a 30% chance to live beyond five years.

That was 21 years ago and he crushed cancer like a grape. Today he is unbelievably fit, and at 45 years old runs three miles in under 19 minutes, deadlifted 465lbs, and benched 300 (he's just over 170lbs). We worked out this past summer and the guy destroys men half his age.

It can be more than just beat. You can continue to thrive.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson

a) hope he gets better

b) no way should the Chiefs pay him $8M in 2015.

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[LOCOChief]

Originally Posted by TEX

True, BUT he has youth on his side. Deal is sometimes that type of cancer is very aggressive in young people...This certainly might not be the norm but I had a HS teammate who was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma our Jr. year. He missed all of senior year but was able to walk on at Texas Tech the following year as a DB and later RB. He's doing well now but has had to take thyroid and other mediation his whole life.

Wow similar to me. I was diagnosed with Hodgkins as a sophomore went through radiation which caused thyroid cancer about 25 years later and hodkins came back in college. It's a battle and not saying that he can't come back but it'll be tough enough beating the cancer. I've got his jersey and he's getting my prayers.

[jerryforeverrice80]

best wishes to Eric Berry and his family.

[The Franchise]

Unreal: @LRiddickESPN said Eric Berry’s response when told of the mass of his chest was “Can I play?"

— Terez A. Paylor (@TerezPaylor) November 25, 2014

[O.city]

Apparently when told of mass in his chest, Berry's first response was

"Can I play".

Tough dude. Damn

[Titty Meat]

I don't care if he ever plays again just hope he beats the damn thing.

[jallmon]

Good luck, Eric. Be a beast. We are all pulling for you.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by O.city

Apparently when told of mass in his chest, Berry's first response was

"Can I play".

Tough dude. Damn

It amazes me how so many people act like football players are superhuman.

[chiefzilla1501]

I know this is cheesy. But one of my favorite sports traditions is in Yankee Stadium where they chant out every name in the Yankee lineup. Would be really cool if arrowhead broke out into an Eric berry chant during the game.