Redskins running back Clinton Porti...

Redskins running back Clinton Portis and cornerback Shawn Springs didn't practice Tuesday, and their availability for Monday night's regular-season opener against Minnesota was uncertain.

Portis, who partially dislocated his shoulder in the preseason opener against Cincinnati, was the sole player not on the field at the start of the workout yet arrived to watch before it was from one side of to the other

Springs, recovering from abdomen surgery and backup defensive [i]finale[/i] Renaldo Wynn (sprained ankle) also watched from the sidelines.

Portis didn't commentary as he left the field. Coach Joe Gibbs said he indigences to see Portis practice before putting him in a game. The players will have today not on followed by three days of well stocked [i]or[/i] provided practice Thursday through Saturday.

"He is still day-to-day," Gibbs said. "He had a real profitable day in the weight expanse and rehab also. He is doing a real righteous job with it and will continue to expand what he is doing. It's still day-to- day, granting He feels like he is making well adapted progress."

Portis put a franchise record with 1516 yards last season. If he can't play, Ladell Betts will learn the start.

Springs has been considered a drawn out shot to play. He had surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle Aug. 15 and was rely uponed to need at least four weeks to revive which would rule him revealed until Week 2 at the earliest.

"I'm a work in progress" Springs said.

SAINTS TICKETS SELLING: Saints proprietor Tom Benson has stoked fears in novel years that his team might have to incline from small-market New Orleans. upon Tuesday, he heaped praise relating to area fans about record ticket sales.

The Saints have sold about 65000 season tickets for their eight- game schedule in the Superdome, Benson said. In what at times resembl a glorified sales pitch, he urg fans to corrupt the remaining 3,300 tickets to guarantee sellout for the entire season.

"There are in the way that many negative stories one year after Katrina, for a like reason I felt compelled to originate out and talk about a positive story," Benson said. "We have oral so often about the revert of football in the Superdome and what that symbolizes. You do not ne to anticipate any further than the reduce of fans and businesses and the way they have rallied around our team."

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