‘A three-year starter at Eastern Illinois, he [Chris Watson] was a sprinter with the track team during the spring, when the football team usually receives valuable instructional work. And he missed part of his senior season because of an injury. “He really was just learning the defensive back position, and I think he still has a great future,” [Broncos’ coach Mike] Shanahan said. “But it’s always tough any time you come from college and you don’t have that spring ball experience that he didn’t have throughout his career. There’s going to be a learning curve and some growing pains, and he went through some of those growing pains. “But he’s a heck of an athlete. He’s really talented, and that’s one of the reasons a number of teams were interested in him.”‘