The quarterback’s crusade is not over, 28 years after it made for a memorable Sports Illustrated cover story with that headline, accompanied by a famous photo of father and son.
Cystic fibrosis has not gone away, and perhaps never will entirely.
So in that narrow sense, maybe Boomer Esiason was overly optimistic in that long-ago article when he said, "We are going to beat this thing. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we’re going to beat it."
But the more important part of the quote came before that, and it still rings true: "I am going to be the biggest enemy that this disease has ever had.