Brett Favre is still healing up from the 2009 season and news surfaced on Thursday that he may be leaning towards retirement. The Vikings are still waiting on the quarterback's decision. "He doesn't know yet," NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci told WFAN hosts Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts. "He's trying to heal up. ... His body is recovered except for that ankle. That's not quite ready yet. It's an ankle that he had surgery on twice before and it's still pretty puffy. You remember he came out of that game with the ankle and went back in but it's still swollen. "He's trying to determine: Is his body telling him something here? Or is he going to be feeling better in due time. He still hasn't made up his mind and the Vikings are not rushing him. That's what's a little bit crazy about it. I thought maybe they'd say, 'Listen, could you tell us by draft day please so we could determine where we're going to go.' But I don't think their draft needs are having to do with Brett. I think they are OK at quarterback. If he plays or if he doesn't play it doesn't matter. I think Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels will be there to play. They were supposed to be there last year to play. "I think Brad Childress has said, 'Hey, Brett, just take your time, we want you back. All the players want him back. They just say, 'Get yourself ready and healthy and if you get to that point, get your butt in here.' But his mind isn't at that point yet because his body isn't feeling well enough to move around like that just yet."

Redskins running back Clinton Portis has been cleared to participate in the team's minicamp after missing the second half of last season with a concussion. Redskins general manager Bruce Allen said Saturday that the team had "some of the best medical experts across the country" analyze Portis.

Mark Sanchez says his recovery from knee surgery is on schedule, and doesn't rule out the possibility of participating in minicamp in June. Sanchez had a procedure on his left knee Feb. 17 to repair the patella ligament. He has been running in a pool for the past few weeks, and says Thursday he hopes to be running on ground sometime around mid-May.

Robert Gallery had offseason surgery to fuse vertebra, widen the spinal canal, and clean out calcium deposits. The Raiders aren't giving updates but he is at the team facility rehabbing and all indications are things are going well. According to the team web site, he said he is ready to go for 2010: "I've just been here rehabbing, so now everybody's here and we're getting into the offseason program."

Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts is expected to miss the remaining eight spring practices after suffering a cut on the webbing between the index and middle finger on his right hand. "He got six deep stitches," coach Tommy Tuberville said. "We're not going to take any chances with it. After about seven, eight, nine days we'll look at it and see if he can throw a little bit." His injury came near the end of Wednesday's practice.

The Jets fear that quarterback Mark Sanchez won't be ready for their offseason practices, ESPN.com is reporting. Len Pasquarelli writes, "Some team officials fear that Sanchez, who has not yet begun to run, probably will miss most, if not all, of the Jets' offseason program while he recovers." Sanchez had surgery Feb. 17 to strengthen a patella tendon injury he suffered in college and re-aggravated last season.