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Denver controlling all three phases in San Diego, Broncos lead 17-3 at half

Dec 6, 2015; San Diego, CA, USA; Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (88) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the first quarter against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports

Any talk of a letdown by the Denver Broncos after their Sunday Night Football upset win over the New England Patriots has been erased by a dominant first half in San Diego.

After 30 minutes of football, the Broncos lead the Chargers 17-3 on the scoreboard. Things are almost that lopsided in stands, as well.

All three phases of the game scored points, first with an eight-play, 76-yard touchdown drive by the offense. The defense answered next with a Danny Trevathan interception returned for a touchdown. Brandon McManus got the special teams unit involved with a field goal in the second quarter.

Denver nearly had two defensive scores in the half when Chris Harris intercepted Philip Rivers, but Harris was flagged for defensive holding on the play.

Perhaps most promising in the half was that Demaryius Thomas got back on track after a tough week against New England. Thomas had three catches on three targets for 31 yards and a touchdown.

San Diego finally got on the board late in the second quarter on a 51-yard Josh Lambo field goal. Lambo missed a 48-yard attempt in the first quarter.

Rivers, who entered the game averaging 319.2 yards per game is off his pace for the season, throwing for just 104 yards in the half. He was just eight of 17 and sacked twice.

San Diego suffered two injury setbacks during the first quarter, losing wide receiver Dontrelle Inman and cornerback Brandon Flowers.

The Chargers had a chance to make things interesting when Eric Weddle had a potential pick-six bounce off his hands on Denver’s final possession of the half. San Diego will receive the second half kickoff, which could have put them in a position to tie the game. That’s about how things have gone for San Diego this year.

Here’s how some of the top storylines from the first half played out on social media via the MHS team and some of our friends in the Denver media…

On DT getting back on track on first drive…

Trevathan gets a pick-six…

https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/673621080171384832

On Chargers injuries…

On defense limiting Chargers options on offense…

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