He said the dislocated shoulder he suffered in 2005 with the San Diego Chargers that almost ended his career “put me on the fast track to a degenerative shoulder and all kind of arthritic changes.” He added again that he doesn’t throw with his right arm anymore, but “If I could, I would absolutely still be playing.” Dr. James Andrews performed Brees’ shoulder repair in 2006 and reportedly used 12 anchors, which was the most he had ever used at the time, to repair a complete 360-degree tear of Brees’ labrum. In addition, Andrews reportedly repaired at least a partial tear in the rotator cuff.
This is absolutely incredible—and really sad.
