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Lions General Manager Matt Millen is a week removed from heart transplant surgery.And as he recovers Frostee Rucker Jersey , he told Peter King of NBC’s that he hopes to make the most of the second chance he’s been given. He waited six months for a transplant, which he got on Christmas Eve.鈥淚 have not been spared for nothing,” Millen said. “I feel like I have more of a purpose now鈥擨 just have to find out what it is. I鈥檝e got to figure out what my Holy Grail is for the rest of my life. I can鈥檛 waste this opportunity.鈥淚 know I am lucky to be here. When my doctor took out my heart, he saw how much it was damaged. It was awful. He said I must have tremendous reserve from training. That thing was so stiff and hard the doc didn鈥檛 know how it was still contracting to pump the blood.”The 60-year-old Millen said his transplant came from a 26-year-old male who died of a drug overdose, and that reality creates a guilt in some transplant patients.鈥淣o, not melancholy,” he said. “More of a feeling that I鈥檝e been given an incredible gift. There is a purpose to it. . . .“Think of the thought he had to put into this Leon Hall Jersey , to be a donor. He took the time to let it be known he wanted his heart to go to someone if he died, so they could live. What a gift. I鈥檓 going to figure out what to do about it.鈥滿illen was even able to joke about his condition now relative to his football days, saying he remembered taking a shot to the chest from Washington fullback Otis Wonsley in the Super Bowl which was more painful than the life-saving surgery he just had.“That was painful,” Millen said. “This is more uncomfortable.鈥漌e wish Millen the best in his continued recovery, as well as send thoughts to the family of the donor, who gave Millen a second chance. Kicker Sebastian Janikowski‘s long run in the NFL has come to an end.Janikowski is retiring from the NFL 19 years after he was drafted in the first round by the Raiders. He spent the next 18 seasons with the team and closed out his career with the Seahawks in 2018.“It was a good run. I still think of the Super Bowl — it still hurts,” Janikowski said Doug Martin Jersey , via Adam Schefter of ESPN.Janikowski makes reference to Super Bowl XXXVII, which the Raiders lost 48-21 to the Buccaneers in San Diego after the 2002 season. It was one of nine career playoff games for Janikowski, including last year’s Seattle loss to Dallas which saw Janikowski leave early due to a thigh injury.Janikowski was 436-of-542 on field goals and 605-of-614 on extra points over the course of his career. The 436 made field goals tie Janikowski with Jason Elam for ninth in NFL history and will go along with his status as the last kicker drafted in the first round, his booming leg and bulky physique as reasons why he’ll be long remembered by those who saw him play.