Drew Brees is not fully healthy, yet he'll be starting for the Saints against the Chiefs on Sunday. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Drew Brees not 100 percent, unsure of how healed ribs are

By Erin Walsh | Last updated 12/20/20

Drew Brees is expected to start against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. However, it appears he's not fully healthy despite the New Orleans Saints saying that he was earlier in the week.

Jay Glazer of Fox Sports says that Brees isn't 100 percent healthy. The veteran quarterback also is unsure how healed his ribs are because he can't have another X-ray due to the amount of radiation he's already sustained from past X-rays.

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Brees, 41, hasn't played since Nov. 15 against the San Francisco 49ers after suffering 11 fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported earlier this week the Saints were in "no rush" to bring Brees back for this weekend's matchup against the Chiefs.

However, the Saints blew an opportunity to clinch the NFC South last weekend by falling to the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21. With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still eligible to clinch the division title, New Orleans probably wants Brees back for Sunday's matchup in order to give the team its best shot of winning.

The Saints can clinch the division on Sunday with a win, a Buccaneers loss, or a tie and a Tampa Bay tie. If New Orleans had clinched the title last weekend, Brees might have sat out another week, but there's no way to tell if that would have been the case.

Brees is 4-6 all-time against the Chiefs, but the two sides haven't met since 2016. He'll face Patrick Mahomes for the first time in his career on Sunday.

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