Former Detroit Lions executive Matt Millen is entering his third month of an extended stay in a New Jersey hospital, as he waits for a heart transplant.
NBC Sports' Peter King made the revelation in his weekly column Monday, saying Millen needs a heart transplant "fairly soon."
Millen suffers from a disease called amyloidosis.
On Monday, King wrote, in part:
"On Friday, I spent a couple of hours with Matt Millen in a hospital in New Jersey. He’s been there so long he knows the names of every nurse on the floor.