15:00: Chad Pennington called heads, and it was heads. The Dolphins elected to defer to the second half, so the Broncos will start with the ball.

Eddie Royal is deep for the Broncos, and Peyton Hillis is just ahead of him at about the nine-yard line. It’s a touchback to start the game.

15:00: Jay Cutler pitches the ball to Michael Pittman to start the game. Peyton Hillis is the starter at fullback. The rest of the starting lineup includes Brandon Marshall and Eddie Royal at receiver, Daniel Graham at tight end, then the offensive line — Ryan Clady, Ben Hamilton, Casey Wiegmann, Chris Kuper and Ryan Harris.

13:40: Jay Cutler’s third-down pass is intercepted by a Dolphins defensive back, and Miami starts its first drive at the Denver 34-yard line.

The defensive starters are Dre’ Bly and Karl Paymah at corner, Marlon McCree and Marquand Manuel at the safety slots, D.J. Williams, Nate Webster and Jamie Winborn at linebacker and Elvis Dumervil, Dewayne Robertson, Marcus Thomas and Ebenezer Ekuban on the line.

11:38: The defense stops the Miami offense after three plays, but Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter knocks down a 45-yard field goal to put Miami ahead of Denver early, 3-0.

11:34: Royal is back deep again, ready to return the kickoff. This one is returnable, and he does out to about the 23-yard line. Cutler and the offense are back on the field for another drive.

15:00: The captains are at midfield, and the Jaguars call heads. It’s tails. The Broncos elect to receive, and we’re about to be underway.

15:00: After a touchback — Andre Hall and Peyton Hillis were back to return — the Broncos have a first-and-10 at their own 20. Jay Cutler drops back and finds Brandon Marshall on the first play of the game for a 16-yard gain — Marshall avoids some tacklers and weaves his way forward.

On the very next play, Marshall caught the ball again, this time for an 11-yard first down. Cutler follows that up by finding Marshall for a third play in a row for an 18-yard first down. The Broncos aren’t finding it too hard to find first downs right now.

15:00: Pierre Thomas and Usama Young are back to receive for the Saints. There’s definitely a lot of orange in the crowd — it’s a pretty cool environment here at INVESCO Field at Mile High.

15:00: Several Broncos get involved in a huge collision at the 14-yard line, First and 10 New Orleans.

John Engelberger, Dewayne Robertson, Marcus Thomas and Elvis Dumervil are the starters on the defensive line. Boss Bailey, Nate Webster and D.J. Williams are at the linebacker positions, and Champ Bailey, Dre’ Bly, Marquand Manuel and Marlon McCree round out the starters in the secondary.

14:51: Dre’ Bly gets the crowd involved, waving his arms. The first play of the game is an incomplete pass with Reggie Bush as the target on the sideline.

13:30: Ebenezer Ekuban gets involved with a seven-yard sack on third down to force a punt. Eddie Royal is back to receive, finds a hole and takes it just past midfield before he’s brought down at the Saints 45. It’s a 22-yard return.

15:00: Andre Hall and Michael Pittman are back to receive the kickoff, and we’re underway. Hall takes a knee in the back of the endzone and the Broncos will start first-and-10 at their own 20. The starters are the same as introduced before the game, and Tony Scheffler joins the fray as the 11th starter.

15:00: Brandon Marshall starts the game fast as he takes a wide receiver screen pass and takes it nine yards, running into the ref in the middle of the field and giving the Chargers enough time to catch up for the tackle.

14:00: Cutler drops back and lets it fly to a wide open Scheffler for 24 yards. First down.

13:39: Cutler gets it to Marshall again and this time the receiver takes it for 11 yards and another first down. The Broncos offense is on a roll.

12:51: Scheffler catches the ball at his shoestrings and turns what looked like an incomplete pass into a five-yard gain. Second-and-5 on the San Diego 31-yard line.

12:18: After a false start penalty, it’s third-and-10 on the San Diego 36. Another false start penalty makes it third-and-15. Cutler drops back and tries to find Brandon Stokley in traffic — the pass falls incomplete and Brett Kern trots out to punt the ball away from the San Diego 41.