4:15 P.M. MDT: The crowd boos, looking for a pass-interference penalty against Jaguars cornerback Brian Williams after an incompletion for Brandon Brarshall.

4:16 P.M. MDT: One play later, on third-and-4 from the JAX 35, Jay Cutler finds Brandon Stokley … who makes the catch in spite of the pass-interference penalty that was called. Denver now at the Jaguars 19.

4:18 P.M. MDT: Broncos with their first rushing first down of the game, via a Travis Henry run …

4:19 P.M. MDT: Broncos with their first touchdown of the second half, as Henry takes a toss pitch and sprints into the end zone for a 6-yard scoring run. Denver trails 20-14 with 12:41 remaining.

4:22 P.M. MDT: Outstanding kickoff coverage for the Broncos, but Mike Bell gets shook up at the end of Jacksonville’s 20-yard return … he walks off the field under his own power … Jaguars will start at their 17, and the crowd is finally back into it.

4:24 P.M. MDT: D.J. Williams tackles Maurice Jones-Drew up the middle … now second-and-7 for the Jags at the 20. The table on which I type is shaking.

4:25 P.M. MDT: Now … no more shaking. David Garrard finds Marcedes Lewis for 18 yards, moving the Jaguars to their 38 with 11:21 to play.

4:26 P.M. MDT: Second-and-9 for the Jaguars forthcoming at their 39 … Crowd back on its feet … waiting to feel the table shake … it’s loud, but no shaking … there it is, but not as much as before … and the crowd is silenced again by a 23-yard Garrard-to-Greg Estantdia connection just past Ian Gold.

4:28 P.M. MDT: Jaguars now at the Denver 26 … and a Jones-Drew run takes them to the 24. Less than nine minutes left now.

4:29 P.M. MDT: Good open-field tackle by Nick Ferguson on George Wrightster limits the Jaguars to a 5-yard-gain; now it’s third-and-4 at the Denver 20. Crowd on its feet again … Garrard under center after being in the ‘gun … he keeps it on the draw for 19 yards to the 1-yard-line. Clock will dip under seven minutes before the next play.

4:30 P.M. MDT: Jones-Drew knocked back at the goal line on first down from the 1 … Garrard pressured and floats a pass into the end zone on second-and-goal, but Karl Paymah is called for pass interference after making contact with Wrightster.

4:31 P.M. MDT: The Broncos need a miracle …

4:32 P.M. MDT: … and they got it … a loose football upon which Curome Cox falls. Nick Ferguson forced the fumble.

4:34 P.M. MDT: 6:11 left, and a long way to go … 96 yards with no timeouts, and a touchdown needed.

4:35 P.M. MDT: Now 97 yards to go after Cutler is sacked by Reggie Hayward.

4:35 P.M. MDT: Cutler finds Javon Walker for six yards, but the Broncos still have fourth-and-6 at their 9 … punt team not taking the field.

4:36 P.M. MDT: Incomplete … Cutler found Graham at the 30-yard-line, but he couldn’t quite bring it in … Graham then spikes the football in frustration; that penalty will be assessed as half-the-distance for the Jaguars, giving them the football at the Denver 4.

4:38 P.M. MDT: Jaguars now inches from the goal line after Jones-Drew nearly scores.

4:39 P.M. MDT: A delay-of-game and an end-around later, the Jaguars are back near the goal line, about a yard and a half away. The clock bleeds precious seconds; it’s now down below three minutes.

4:40 P.M. MDT: Garrard keeps it and is stopped by Dre’ Bly and a host of Broncos at the 1-yard-line. The Jaguars will let the clock sill to about the 2:10 mark before kicking a 19-yard field goal.

4:43 P.M. MDT: The field-goal attempt is from 18 yards … and it’s good. Denver trails by two scores, at 23-14.

4:47 P.M. MDT: Many fans streaming for the exits as the Broncos attempt to mount a late-game drive … Denver gets to its 45 with 1:48 left after Selvin Young goes 20 yards.

4:50 P.M. MDT: Cutler intercepted by Sammy Knight … and with no timeouts left, that’s game.

2:33 P.M. MDT: Absolute dominance by the Jaguars in the first quarter, as the Broncos ran just three plays without gaining a first down in the opening period. The team stats breakdown:

FIRST DOWNS: JAX 6, Denver 0
PLAYS: JAX 21, Denver 3
TOTAL YARDS: JAX 96, Denver 10
YARDS PER PLAY: JAX 4.6, Denver 3.3
TIME OF POSSESSION: JAX 13:02, Denver 1:58.

2:35 P.M. MDT: Denver can make up for a multitude of sins with a stop here … Jarvis Moss claims he was drawn offsides after he was five yards into the backfield, and it turns out he was; Greg Estandia is called for a false start.

2:37 P.M. MDT: Maurice Jones-Drew gets four yards back, moving to the Denver 3, setting up third-and-goal. The north end zone crowd tries to get the place riled up; they’re standing, and others around the building rise to their feet. David Garrard finds Reggie Williams in the back of the end zone … There’s a flag down … Twelve men on the field against Denver, so the touchdown stands.

2:38 P.M. MDT: First-half drives don’t get much more damaging than that. Jacksonville not only gets the touchdown, but chews up 11 minutes and 44 seconds of the clock … The march covers 80 yards in 18 plays. Death by paper cuts.

2:41 P.M. MDT: Denver will take over at the 20 after the touchback on the kickoff. A three-and-out here would be devastating.

2:43 P.M. MDT: And the Broncos go backwards … Brandon Stokley called for offensive pass interference; he was ruled to be blocking while Jay Cutler’s pass to Javon Walker was in midair. The subsequent first-and-20 sees Cutler elude the pass rush, but then fire low for Travis Henry.

2:45 P.M. MDT: Inside handoff to Selvin Young picks up six of the yards … Denver now in a crucial third-and-14 … Cutler rolls right … floats one downfield for Brandon Marshall … and he makes the grab just as Reggie Nelson slams into him … the ball hung up in the air, but Marshall still makes the catch, and Denver is at the Jaguars 35.

2:47 P.M. MDT: Three plays later, third-and-4, and Cutler calls Marshall’s name again … 12 yards and the Broncos are in the red zone at the Jaguars 17.

2:48 P.M. MDT: Going backwards again … Matt Lepsis flagged for holding; back to the JAX 27.

2:49 P.M. MDT: More backwards … Mike Bell loses four yards after bouncing off Marcus Stroud. Denver’s at the JAX 31 now.

2:50 P.M. MDT: Goodness gracious Gertrude … first Cutler ducks under Terry Cousin, then Marshall eludes Reggie Nelson, Brian Williams and another Jaguars defender to make it down to the 1-yard-line … Thirty yards on as fine a run after the catch as you will see … quite reminiscent of his touchdown against Seattle last year.

2:51 P.M. MDT: And “Jack Nasty,” a.k.a. Nate Jackson, finishes it off with the 1-yard grab. It’s Jackson’s first career regular-season touchdown, and something tells me he’ll be writing about it this week. Game tied at 7-apiece.

2:52 P.M. MDT: That was just what the Broncos needed … 80 yards, 10 plays and 6:29 off the clock.

2:54 P.M. MDT: Not what Scott O’Brien wanted to see … Jones-Drew sprinting 42 yards with Todd Sauerbrun’s kickoff. JAX begins its possession at its 48.

2:57 P.M. MDT: Fred Taylor getting some tough yards …. he gets dragged five yards by Taylor on second down.

2:58 P.M. MDT: John Lynch not in right now … he’s standing on the sidelines, holding his helmet, wearing a visor. Curome Cox is in the game right now.

3 P.M. MDT: Jacksonville now 75 percent (six-of-eight) on third downs … oy gevault.

3:01 P.M. MDT: Elvis Dumervil adds a sack to his season total … Jaguars now in third-and-10 … crowd making a jet engine’s worth of noise … and it doesn’t help, as Garrard finds Dennis Northcutt for 21. Jaguars now seven-of-nine on third downs — 77.7 percent — and that is the defining statistic today.

3:04 P.M. MDT: Taylor runs down to the 4-yard-line. Jacksonville has 96 rushing yards on 21 carries so far.

3:06 P.M. MDT: Lynch has a strained groin … his return is questionable.

3:07 P.M. MDT: Now the Jaguars turn to Greg Jones … he powers through D.J. Williams and Simeon Rice for the score. There’s 1:56 on the clock and the Broncos have three timeouts to try and answer the Jacksonville score.

3:11 P.M. MDT: Broncos at the 20 to begin the drive … in hurry-up, no-huddle mode … out of the shotgun … but the drive ends when Selvin Young ets hit at the 40-yard-line and fumbles; Jacksonville recovers with 1:26 left and two timeouts and just 42 yards to cover to the end zone. Rashean Mathis forced the fumble.

3:13 P.M. MDT: Jaguars now at the Denver 26 after a 15-yard connection from Garrard to Northcutt in front of Jeff Shoate … 0:56 left in the half.

3:14 P.M. MDT: Jacksonville now at the Denver 18 with second-and-2 … JAX offense has all its pistons firing right now.

3:15 P.M. MDT: Jones-Drew runs to the Denver 9 … Dumervil nearly chases Garrard down on first and goal but gets stiff-armed by the passer; the ensuing pass eventually falls incomplete.

3:16 P.M. MDT: Garrard finds Jones-Drew across the middle for eight yards … and the play will stand after the Broncos are called for offsides.

3:16 P.M. MDT: Garrard spikes the football on third-and-goal from the 1; this stops the clock with 11 seconds to go … Not sure why you spike the football there, especially with one timeout remaining … Denver calls timeout as the Jaguars begin to set up for the 19-yard John Carney field-goal attempt.

3:18 P.M. MDT: Carney’s kick is good, and the Broncos trail by two scores for the first time all year, at 17-7.

3:21 P.M. MDT: The crowd boos as the Broncos opt to take a knee with a 17-7 halftime deficit.

Notes, hints, allegations and no things left unsaid from the first quarter …

1:55 P.M. MDT: As I go into Brent Musburger mode … Folks, you would have been stunned to see the reaction back on the east club level to the Packers touchdown that put them in front of the Chargers 24-21. The roar and applause made it sound like the Broncos had just crossed the goal line.

1:56 P.M. MDT: Here come the Jaguars.

2:02 P.M. MDT: Jacksonville wins the toss and will receive, moving from north to south (left to right for those of you watching on television).

2:05 P.M. MDT: And away we go … Todd Sauerbrun’s kickoff goes three yards into the end zone and is returned 26 yards to the Jacksonville 23. Elvis Dumervil remains in the starting lineup at right end for Simeon Rice; Rice replaces John Engelberger for second-and-8.

2:07 P.M. MDT: D.J. Williams tackles Fred Taylor after a 5-yard gain … now third-and-3 … David Garrard gets it to Ernest Wilford just in front of Champ Bailey; the play covers six yards.

2:08 P.M. MDT: Broncos try bringing John Lynch forward on the next play; he tackles Taylor after the tailback gains four years. An incompletion follows, and the Jaguars are in third down again — third-and-6.

2:09 P.M. MDT: McKinleynomics! Alvin McKinley gets makes a good upper-body move on the right guard to get the sack … and then Domenik Hixon nearly broke a return before being ankle-tackled by Joe Zelenka.

2:11 P.M. MDT: Looks like the standard starting XI for the Broncos on offense; one tight end, a formation with a fullback (Cecil Sapp) and two receivers (Javon Walker and Brandon Marshall).

2:12 P.M. MDT: The reverse goes nowhere on first down … second-and-10 brings a Jay Cutler rollout to a completion to a 33-yard completion, but it comes back because of an illegal-motion call against Nate Jackson.

2:13 P.M. MDT: Second-and-16 … inside handoff to Cecil Sapp; he bolts through a gaping hole and gets back 11 of the yards.

2:14 P.M. MDT: Timeout, Jaguars.

2:17 P.M. MDT: Cutler for Marshall short across the middle in traffic falls incomplete … and by the way, the matrix boards here at the stadium are out.

2:19 P.M. MDT: Sauerbrun crushes a 61-yard punt into the end zone … the net is 41 yards, not too shabby. JAX begins at its 20.

2:20 P.M. MDT: Jacksonville on the move … Fred Taylor makes a spin move that left Ian Gold on the ground … Jaguars at their 47.

2:22 P.M. MDT: Jaguars alternating the backs now … Now have third and about a yard and a half from the 45.

2:23 P.M. MDT: For the second time today, the Jaguars convert a third down by finding Wilford short under the zone coverage at Bailey’s side of the field. Scoreboards are working again, but the Broncos defense has some work to do; the Jaguars are at the Denver 33 with second-and-2.

2:25 P.M. MDT: With third-and-2, Maurice Jones-Drew runs through tackle attempts from both D.J. Williams and Ian Gold … Jeff Shoate finally catches him 10 yards upfield. One play later, the Jaguars are in the red zone.

2:26 P.M. MDT: Jacksonville keeping it on the ground with the end-around to Dennis Northcutt … still with one yards to get now from the 14 … Jones-Drew gets the first down.

2:28 P.M. MDT: Check that … Jones-Drew is short by a few inches. Jacksonville going for it.

2:28 P.M. MDT: Garrard keeps it and falls barely forward. Looked like a somewhat generous spot to me, but what I feel doesn’t matter much.

2:29 P.M. MDT: Garrard keeps it and runs to the 8-yard-line after gaining five yards. Clock continues to run in the first quarter.

2:30 P.M. MDT: Jaguars now face third-and-4 from the 7-yard-line. This is simply the worst kind of drive you can allow … the drive is now at 14 plays, about to be 15, covering over eight minutes.

2:31 P.M. MDT: Garrard runs for a touchdown, but the Jaguars are called for an illegal-shift infraction. Jacksonville will now have third-and-9 from the Denver 12. The clock mercifully stops with 25 seconds left in a swift quarter.

2:31 P.M. MDT: Garrard finds Jones-Drew for 10 yards and first-and-goal, which the Jaguars will run as the second-quarter ends.

Perhaps the biggest news among the pregame inactives is the absence of Jaguars defensive tackle John Henderson, who will sit out the game after suffering a blow to the head in the Jaguars’ Week 2 win over Atlanta. Henderson had been listed as doubtful throughout the week and did not practice Friday.

Rob Meier will replace Henderson in Jacksonville’s starting XI.

For the Broncos, defensive end Tim Crowder will have to wait another week to make his Denver debut, as he is inactive for a third consecutive game. An ankle sprain kept him out for the last two weeks.

Joining Crowder on the game-day inactive list are safety Hamza Abdullah (hip), running back Andre Hall, guard Ben Hamilton (concussion), tackle Ryan Harris (back), tight end Stephen Alexander, wide receiver Brian Clark and defensive tackle Antwon Burton.

Linebacker Jamie Winborn is in uniform and will make his Broncos debut today after being inactive last week.

Joining Henderson among the Jaguars’ inactives are kicker Josh Scobee, running back LaBrandon Toefield, linebacker Clint Ingram, center Brad Meester, tackle Richard Collier and defensive end Kenny Petway. Wide receiver Matt Jones joins them as the Jaguars’ third quarterback, meaning that he cannot line up at wideout today. Jones was a quarterback at Arkansas before becoming the Jags’ first-round pick in 2005.

More to follow throughout the day …