Brees Out Approximately 6 Weeks With Thumb Injury

[PP2]

Tough break for the Saints, especially after how last season ended for them.

 

[PatriotReign]

I'm just glad it's not season ending. There was speculation that he might miss the whole season.

 

[PatsFan2]

Got two Tough ones coming up @ Sea Hawks and vs Cowboys. If they lose both it could have Playoffs implications down the road.

 

[sambam94]

But I have to state the obvious here... this could mean Brady is now in the driver seat to break Manning’s TD record.

why does this matter..it's just a matter of who plays longer

 

[Brick27]

You're not kidding on #2. No one inspires confidence in that division right now. And depending on how afloat New Orleans can stay until Brees comes back, this could be the 2nd time ever that 7-9 wins a division.

Yeah it’s interesting that making the playoffs as a wildcard may be more daunting for them than making it as the division winner. With Bears/Packers, Seahawks/Rams, and Eagles/Cowboys battling for division vs. wildcard..NFCS winner could have a handful more losses than a team who misses out on the playoffs.

 

[Vatahala]

Crazy that Brees is still 3k ahead in passing yards. Brady should pass Peyton within 3-4 games.

Not so crazy to me.
Brees played on lot more losing seasons where he was forced to keep throwing late in games trailing by double digits.

 

[everlong]

5 years ago my bike stem broke while I was going down a hill at 32 MPH (per my Garmin). The stem is what connects your front fork to the rest of your bike. I was fortunate enough to think quick and dive off the bike into a tuck and roll (people have been impaled). I came out of it with a severely bruised left shoulder and right thumb. The shoulder took my entire body weight. The thumb happened as I rolled attempting, successfully, to keep my head from impacting the pavement.

Now intuitively you would think the shoulder would be the longer to heal. I was actually back on the bike 3 weeks to the day with the shoulder at about 90% and 100% within two weeks after that. The one caveat being that I had to pull over to hydrate for over a year because I'd drop the water bottle with the bad thumb and didn't trust it enough to hold the handle bars while hydrating with the other hand.

I was doing the hand squeezer (cutting people off from the masterbation jokes in advance) to build up strength in the thumb that entire time. Even if he's "only" out 6-8 weeks this has the potential to linger for a lot longer until he has full strength back in the thumb. I couldn't have gripped a football for a long time. I'm sure he'll have every specialist and physical trainer looking at it getting better care than I did but still.

 

[mgteich]

I disagree. Unless Brees is out for the year, I expect the saints to win their division.

1. Best of luck to Brees on a complete recovery.
2. This makes that NFCS a wide open division.

 

[mgteich]

I'm just glad it's not season ending. There was speculation that he might miss the whole season.

being out for 8 weeks on IR makes sense to me.

 

[Patstastic]

Sean Payton is regarded as an offensive genius. Well here's his chance to really prove it.

 

[mgteich]

yes.

I believe the the saints have much more talent than just Brees.

Sean Payton is regarded as an offensive genius. Well here's his chance to really prove it.

 

[Uptown]

yes.

I believe the the saints have much more talent than just Brees.

Yes, but they are extremely top heavy. If Kamara or Thomas go down, they’re toast.