Broncos lose to Raiders 17-16

DENVER — And in his first game as head coach of the Denver Broncos, Sean Payton called for an onside kick on the opening kickoff.

Payton is nothing if not bold and brash. He is also 0-1 in part because the trick play didn’t work.

Sure, it surprised the Las Vegas Raiders. It surprised everyone among the announced crowd of 76,299 orange-towel waving fans on a comfortably cool, cloudy-turned-rainy Sunday afternoon at Empower Field at Mile High.

But the gimmick play backfired. Even though…