"As reality checks go, this one was unreal.

Or maybe surreal? Too real?

The Raiders wanted to test themselves Sunday, see if they could hang with the big boys, the NFL's biggest boys, and the Raiders got slapped upside the head with the tundra-cold truth: No can do.

The bottom dropped out almost instantly. On the game's sixth play from scrimmage, Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer threw an interception, and after a penalty, the Packers turned the pick into an insurmountable 7-0 lead.

Palmer threw two more interceptions before halftime, and another in the second half. The Packers are a pickoff-happy team, but these were bad chucks."