The Denver Broncos defense came out strong in the first quarter with two interceptions on Philip Rivers and holding the Los Angeles Chargers to no points. Unfortunately, the Broncos offense came out and did the usual things they do like knocking themselves out of field goal range with an offensive holding penalty and many, many punts.
Fortunately, the offense woke up some on the next possession to start the second quarter to quickly find themselves out past midfield with a first down at the Chargers 46-yard line. Royce Freeman was in the mix frequently to get them that far, but that would be as far as the offense would get.