Drew Brees was one of the last ones left. Then, he hurt his thumb Sunday and joined a not-so-exclusive club.
Comb through the Super Bowl winners in the past 15 years, and most of the quarterbacks for those trophy-hoisting teams have an unenviable commonality: They’ve missed significant chunks of a season due to injury.
Tom Brady sat out 15 games in 2008 with an ACL tear. Peyton Manning vanished in 2011 with a neck issue. Aaron Rodgers missed seven games in 2013 and nine in 2017. Carson Wentz missed three regular-season games and three playoff games in 2017.