Drew Brees not only suffered 11 rib fractures and a punctured lung in what was probably his final NFL season.
The future Hall of Fame and Saints quarterback also played with a broken rotating fist (though it’s unclear if he was on his right throwing shoulder) and a torn fascia (connective tissue) in his foot, he revealed Wednesday. his wife Brittany in a post on Instagram.
“It makes me think I shouldn’t have taken an epidural while giving birth to the children,” Brittany wrote.
Brees missed four games due to injury. He threw 24 touchdown passes and was intercepted six times.
The Saints were eliminated from the playoffs Sunday by Tom Brady’s Buccaneers and, although there has been no official announcement, several reports said Brees, 42, who is the all-time leader in the league with 80,358 yards, will retire. and join the NBC football booth.
“After crying for a few days … I’m so grateful for this year,” Brittany wrote. “Your twentieth in the NFL, love. This has been the hardest year of our lives, but in a way one of the best. “
Brittany may have been alluding to her husband’s reaction in June to say that “I will never agree that no one should respect the flag of the United States of America or our country,” when asked about the players kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police brutality. and racial injustice.
Brees’ comments came when protests ravaged the country after George Floyd’s death, sparking outrage among professional athletes, including several of his teammates.
Brees, who in 2016 criticized Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem, later apologized.
Brittany wrote on Instagram at the time, in capital letters, “We’re the problem.”