Saints QB Drew Brees Could Miss Six Weeks With Thumb Injury

Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints warms up before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2019. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Longtime New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees will likely require surgery on a thumb injury he suffered on Sept. 15 and could miss six weeks of action.

Sources told NFL.com that Brees suffered a torn ligament in his thumb on his throwing hand and will undergo surgery to repair the injury.