ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos could open the regular season with a 27-year-old rookie who stands all of 5-foot-8-inches tall -- maybe -- catching punts. Maybe kickoffs, too. A guy who has spent the past four years in the Canadian Football League and the summer with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But if Diontae Spencer can unpack, learn fast and show enough in a week's worth of practices, he could be the Broncos' return man come Monday Night Football at the Oakland Raiders in Week 1.
Or as Broncos coach Vic Fangio said earlier this week after seeing Spencer in all of one workout: "I think we're planning on it.