Former Patriots FB Kevin Turner not given long to live

[Gwedd]

H3ll of a thing. The worst part is knowing what's coming and not being able to do a darned thing about it.

I remember him and his solid playing. Great player, never held back anything. Took some massive hits but laid out some even more solid ones.

God Bless him and his family.

 

[#56300ex]

YouTube - Ty Herndon - Journey On

I haven't seen this posted yet. It's a nice tribute to Kevin and all those affected by ALS

 

[Gainzo]

It was the Vikings comeback game in which he made the game winning catch....and I actually met the man at a card signing and he was awesome to my daughter who was with me that day..Little known fact...he was actually the 1st player to score points when Kraft took over the Pats (saw the signed football in the Pats HOF). Very sad to read this story and my sincere thoughts and prayers are to Kevin and his family.

Of all the great moments over the years, his catch in OT against the Vikings sticks out to me. We all know the Pats came back from a 20-0 deficit that day.

On Kevin's winning catch the Pats were on the 20 or 15. I forget. Either way the Pats came out in a goal line set as the Vikings were expecting a run up the middle and then a FG attempt but Bledsoe had other plans as he pulled the play action and Turner ran down the sideline to catch the game winning pass. It was bedlam in my section as it happened right in front of me (Good old 111 at the old place).

Looking back on that day I remember just about everything about the game but nothing after the TD.

I'm very saddened about Kevin's condition.