Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb said he expects running back Brian Westbrook and quarterback Michael Vick to return to the Eagles next season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have made retaining DT Casey Hampton and S Ryan Clark an offseason priority and neither player is expected to hit the open market, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

A retirement press conference is planned for Kurt Warner on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, with the star quarterback also likely to discuss future post-playing plans.

Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau is here at the Senior Bowl keeping close watch of all the defensive standouts.

Sources close to Eagles quarterback Michael Vick fully anticipate him playing elsewhere in 2010, and say he is intent on being a starter if at all possible.

The Senior Bowl, combine and pro day workouts are perhaps most important for unheralded players from non-BCS schools. It is their chance to establish themselves as legitimate pro prospects, and make up ground on the more famous players they are competing against for draft position. Wayne State’s Joique Bell is one such player.

New Browns president Mike Holmgren appears to be leaning toward choosing between Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson before the start of training camp.

The San Francisco 49ers have hired Ray Brown as assistant offensive line coach, according to a league source.

A few prominent football players have been Rhodes Scholars in the past, including former USC star quarterback Pat Haden and 1958 Heisman Trophy winner Peter M. Dawkins, and now comes the latest in that tradition.

The 2010 Pro Bowl got more of an official start Tuesday night when the players and coaching staffs of the AFC and NFC teams met at the team hotel for a few introductions and to discuss some orders of business.

There’s arriving in style, and then there’s arriving in Chad Ochocinco style. It was difficult not to notice Ochocinco’s arrival to Tuesday night’s Pro Bowl meeting.

The Buccaneers and Redskins are considering Keenan McCardell for their receiver coaching vacancies, according to league sources.

If the first night is any indication, then Eagles QB Donovan McNabb clearly is going to have fun and make the most of his sixth Pro Bowl, even if he was invited late to the party.

Jets RB Shonn Greene told the New York Post that X-rays show he did not suffer any broken ribs last Sunday.

President Barack Obama has made his choice … and he is rooting for the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV.