A year after Philip Rivers returned to the NFL at the age of 44, could Drew Brees do it at 47?
Asked on [Bussin’ With The Boys](https://x.com/BussinWTB/status/2067755713506517230?s=20) if he could still make it happen, Brees said his throwing arm is so shot after his long NFL career that he now throws better with his left arm.
“I would know where to throw it, I just don’t know if I could get it there,” Brees said. “That’s one lingering effect from the shoulder surgery. I don’t throw with my right arm anymore. I actually throw left handed. I started doing that toward the end of my career with my kids, because I’d come home after a long day of practice, I didn’t have anything left in my right arm, but the boys wanted to play catch so I’d throw left handed. I’m pretty mean inside 30 with this left arm.”
Few arms have thrown as many footballs as Brees’ right arm, as he retired with more than 10,000 NFL pass attempts, plus another 2,000 or so in high school and college, and many thousands in practice. Now his left arm is getting the work — but not at a level that would allow him to play as a 47-year-old.
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