Last week brought word that Saints linebacker Junior Galette suffered a pectoral injury and that he was mulling whether or not to have surgery to repair the issue.

On Wednesday, Saints coach Sean Payton confirmed both the injury and the pending decision about how best to handle it. Payton said that Galette is fielding opinions from doctors about the available options and indicated that there isn’t a unanimous opinion about how to move forward.

“Right now he’s working through, and we’re waiting on and he’s waiting on a final opinion,” Payton said, via ESPN.com. “We’re just wanting to make sure we get the right opinions on the direction we’re gonna go. I’ll leave it at that.”

If Galette does need surgery, he’d be out for several months and would likely miss much, if not all, of the regular season. The fact that doctors haven’t all agreed on that being the best course of action is probably a good thing for his chances of contributing to the team this season, but that may prove to be wishful thinking once all the medical opinions have been heard.