ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Consider it the first day of school when all of the other kids got there five months before you did.
The Denver Broncos had five players in uniform Monday night who had been with the team for just days, and four of those players -- linebacker Corey Nelson, cornerback Duke Dawson, cornerback Davontae Harris and wide receiver/returner Diontae Spencer -- played in the game, a 24-16 loss to the Oakland Raiders.
"That's football, I guess," said Spencer, who spent four years in the Canadian Football League before the Pittsburgh Steelers waived him at roster cutdown.