Bailey, Prater and Woodyard all said they owed Shanahan a debt of gratitude for bringing them to Denver.
"I was actually on the Dolphins' practice squad and I thought they were joking when they told me that they'd claimed me. I was like, 'No way, they have Jason Elam,
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