The Saints will attempt to rescind the trade that sent long snapper Jon Dorenbos from Philadelphia to New Orleans given the news that Dorenbos will require heart surgery, head coach Sean Payton told reporters, including Josh Katzenstein of the Times-Picayune (Twitter link). Because Dorenbos’ aortic aneurysm is a pre-existing condition, the Saints should be able to recoup the 2019 seventh-round pick they dealt to the Eagles.
To be clear, Dorenbos’ health is clearly the most important issue at hand, and the re-acquiring of a draft pick isn’t at the top of the Saints’ itinerary at the moment given Dorenbos’ impending surgery. As Katzenstein tweets, Payton didn’t bring up the effects on the original trade and was merely answering a question from the media.
Nevertheless, New Orleans will need to replace Dorenbos on the field. Free agent long snapper Jeff Overbaugh will work out for the club today, joining a group of snappers that will audition for the Saints on Friday, reports Herbie Teope of the Times-Picayune (Twitter link). Justin Drescher, whom the Saints cut after acquiring Dorenbos, could also be an option, although that’s entirely speculative. Drescher was released with an injury settlement, so New Orleans might not have the right to re-sign him just yet.
For what it’s worth, Dorenbos has been dealing with a heart murmur for at least five years, according to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Inquirer (Twitter link), who adds the Eagles were “monitoring” the condition.
I don’t blame the Saints for asking to rescind the trade. How did the Eagles not know about his heart condition?
I had an atrial septial defect (ADS) which required open heart surgery in high school.
I had no idea I even had the condition until high school. The doctor found a murmur that year, said not to think about it, I got reevaluated and they found out I had a hole in my heart.
I’m in college and I’m fine now, but all doctors I went to never found it out. The murmur was minimal at best anyways.
What I’m saying is that, it’s not that easy to find problems with the heart, especially with murmurs as they can be a bunch of things.
I still feel for Dorenbos, open heart surgery wasn’t that fun. You need a draining tube, you can’t eat some foods for a while, and you are stuck in a hospital for a week or two just rotting away in a bed.
Because you have to be looking for it specifically. An aortic aneurysm is a dilation or bulging of the aorta. An echocardiogram, or ultrasound, will find this. Usually, aortic aneurysms are found in older people and are associated with hypertension or high blood pressure. A majority of aortic aneurysms are caused by arteriosclerosis. The arteriosclerosis can weaken the aortic wall and the increased pressure of the blood being pumped through the aorta causes weakness of the inner layer of the aortic wall.
So even though he had a heart murmur, his physical disposition doesn’t match that of someone with this specific ailment.
Yeah that doctor visit literally saved his life so it’s not like they would know about it.
Not like they tried to pull a fast one on them for a 7th round pick for a long snapper.
Good luck to Dorenbos and this medical issue, he’s a class act and wish him the best.
Come back to Philly and retire where you are loved. Spend the rest of your hopefully long life with your family and do what you do best, make people happy. Wish the best for him.
Wasn’t he on AGT?