Daily Links – Raiders choke in prime time

• The Oakland Raiders grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory.  [NFL.com]
• The San Diego Chargers looked very vanilla… and very beatable.  [San Diego Union Tribune]
• The Raiders won’t be an easy out.  [Real Football 365]
• I understand the rule, but I still question if that was the right call at the end of the first half.  It sure looked like Louis Murphy had possession all the way to the ground.  [FanHouse]
• The Broncos play Oakland in Weeks 3 and 15, San Diego in Weeks 6 and 11.  [Denver Broncos 2009 Schedule – BT]

• A first look at our Week 2 opponent, the Browns.  [Denver Post]
• Kyle Orton is being groomed to be the next Jake Plummer, not the next Jay Cutler.  [DPO]
• In Jeff Legwold‘s analysis of the pass defense, he points out that the Broncos were disciplined against the big play, although the Bengals had success with yards after the catch.  [DPO]
• Despite looking shaky at times, Browns coach Eric Mangini is standing by QB Brady Quinn. [Cleveland Plain Dealer]
• CLE beat writer gives a scouting report, saying the defense is slow while LT Joe Thomas is dominant.  [CPD]

NFL/Other

• We’ll be keeping an eye on the Bears all season – it’s their first round draft pick we have, after all.  Brian Urlacher is out for the season.  [NFL.com]
• Patriots upend Bills in another Buffalo heartbreak.  The Pats also looked beatable.  We play them Week 5.  [DPO]
• A few NFL players are donating their brains to science.  (Insert joke about hoping they’re dead first here).  [Yahoo! Sports]
• Jeff Garcia lands in Philly.  [NFL.com]
• Can we just not talk about the Rockies right now?  Mmkay thanks.