Drew Brees says he now throws footballs left-handed and spent years trying to delay the shoulder deterioration his doctor warned was coming Host: “So you do not throw a football with your right hand anymore?” Brees: “No, honestly, it’s mainly my wrist... If you gave me a ball right now and told me to throw it, hit something 20 yards away, I’d throw it left hand.” “Even when Dr. Andrews fixed this back in ’06, he was like, ‘Look, I put your back together. You should be able to have a career. You’re going to have to battle through this rehab, but you are on a fast track for a degenerative shoulder, just with all the damage.’” “I knew it was going to come at some point. I was just trying to prolong it as long as I could.”