When rookie defensive lineman Sai’vion Jones walked into the locker room after the Broncos’ 20-12 season-opening win over Tennessee, he was blinded by the light and the smoke.

Jones had not been tipped off beforehand on what the Broncos do in the locker room after wins. There is light coming from a disco ball, a smoke machine pumping out fumes and music, usually rap or hip-hop, blasting at a very high volume.

“I saw the smoke for the first time and it was like a club we were going into,’’ Jones recalled. “The whole vibe was going on in the locker room.”

By now, everyone on the Broncos is quite used to their post-game victory parties. Denver is 10-2, the second-best record in the NFL, and has won nine straight games.

The Broncos on Sunday face the 2-10 Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, and the odds are they will have another celebration. Denver is favored by 7.5 points.

In addition to all the equipment the Broncos need to play football, coming along on road trips are all the props needed for a victory party.

“It’s blinding, probably with the disco ball, and it’s a lot of smoke, so you can’t really sometimes see in front of you,’’ Broncos tight end Adam Tratuman said of the atmosphere after wins. “Then there’s a lot of guys going around, just like laughing, smiling and talking and congratulating each other. It’s awesome.”

Trautman knew about these celebrations before he came to Denver for head coach Sean Payton’s first Broncos season in 2023. Trautman had played for Payton with New Orleans from 2020-21, and the victory antics were similar.

Payton, who coached the Saints for 15 seasons between 2006 and 2021, said this type of celebration started after his team won 26-24 at Philadelphia in a 2013 wild-card playoff game. He had approached Mike Ornstein, who was then a Saints executive and died last year, before the game.

“I had given him $800 and just said, ‘Find me a boombox, we’re going to need it after this game,’’’ Payton said. “I don’t know where he got it. It’s not like we invented it, but it became a thing. Then, well, if we’re going to do something, then we’re going to (continue it). So then the speaker system travels, then the smoke system, then all of it.”

Although Payton did not claim to have “invented” such celebrations, Broncos defensive lineman Jordan Jackson said the coach has noted he at least deserves some credit.

“When I got here (to Denver in 2023), and he was doing that, he made sure we knew that he was the one who started it,’’ Jackson said. “He was like, ‘Yeah, this is my thing.”’

Jackson, who starred at Air Force, was on the Saints’ practice squad as a rookie in 2022, the year after Payton had left. But he said then-coach Dennis Allen, who had been an assistant under Payton, continued what had been going on after wins. Trautman was also with the Saints in 2022.

“We’ve gotten (Payton) to do a dance move here and there,’’ Jackson said about after wins. “I’ve seen him jiggle a little bit. He’s got a little bit of swag to him.”

Backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham, who has been with the Broncos since 2023, broke into the NFL with New England from 2019-21 under super serious coach Bill Belichick. Suffice to say, Belichick did not do any post-game dancing and there was no disco ball or smoke machine in the locker room.

Payton’s first win with Denver was 31-28 at Chicago in Week 4 in 2023. That’s when Broncos players experienced for the first time this full-tilt winning experience in the locker room.

“You walk in and the smoke is going, and there’s the disco ball-type thing and then there’s the music and stuff,’’ Stidham said. “You kind of look forward it, getting the party going a little bit. Usually (the smoke machine) is on right away and it gets so smoky and cloudy that we have to turn it off. It’s a little much sometimes.”

Players said the props are in action as soon as players enter the locker room after wins at home or on the road and that vice president of player development Ray Jackson plays a key role in setting things set up.

“It’s electric to get in there (after wins),’’ said outside linebacker Jonah Elliss, whose Broncos have won seven games by four or fewer points during their nine-game run. “It’s super fun to celebrate with the gang after we get a big win. A lot of these games have been really close. It’s always a nail-biter and when you win those, it’s even more exciting when we get in the locker room.”

Safety P.J. Locke has been with the Broncos since 2019, playing under head coaches Vic Fangio, Nathaniel Hackett and Jerry Rosburg before Payton. He said victory celebrations before Payton featured plenty of loud music but no props.

The celebration usually ends before the media is allowed into the locker room. The Broncos have put up videos of Payton addressing the team in the locker room after a win, with the music turned off but with plenty of smoke still visible.

“(Payton will) walk in when we’ve already been jamming a little bit,’’ Locke said. “He’ll cut the music and he’ll say some encouraging words and give out the (game) balls and we pray. And then we’ll go turn the music right back up until you (the media) all come in and kill the party.”’

Before the party is shut down, Locke said the “energy is high and it’s just a good time.” Some of the good times apparently involve Jones dancing and his teammates looking on the best they can through the smoke.

“I’m from Louisiana and what they like is when I do my Louisiana dances,’’ Jones, who played at LSU. “Like the one thing they like is the ‘Trip Out.’ I played at a school that was known for doing the ‘Trip Out’ and they want to see it firsthand.”

The “Trip Out” dance involves moving one’s torso back and forth and swaying hips, shoulders and arms. Jones is well schooled in those moves.

“I’m the best dancer on the team,’’ Jones said. “I don’t think anybody can compete with me.”

So walking into the locker room after a win for Jones has indeed become like going into a club.