--DE Jacques Cesaire admits he said a little prayer when Luis Castillo was rolled up in Monday's win. It appeared Castillo suffered a serious knee injury, but he was OK. "I was just like, 'Please Lord let nothing really bad happen to this man because we need him out there.'" Castillo has missed six games in each of the last two seasons with injuries.

--Two straight Chargers losses featured two last-minute game clips of S Eric Weddle flailing away at game-winning passes. But Weddle wasn't wearing goat horns against the Jets.

"Just the way the last two games ended, I was hard on myself," Weddle said. "I hadn't been playing bad, bad, but I studied hard this week. (Brett) Favre is a crafty veteran and I wanted to know where he was going with the ball and be in the right place." Weddle had one of the Chargers' three picks and added seven tackles.

--CB Antonio Cromartie was selected the AFC Defensive Player of the Week after posting a career-high nine tackles and two interceptions, including an interception-touchdown return.

--Raiders owner Al Davis coached the Bolts wide receivers ends from 1960-62. Raiders wide receivers coach James Lofton held the same position in San Diego from 2002-07.

--Oakland's defensive backs coach Darren Perry was on the Chargers in 1999.

--Turner expects to continue rotating Tim Dobbins and Matt Wilhelm at inside linebacker. "Tim Dobbins gives us a physical presence," Turner said. "He's very aggressive. Obviously Matt brings a lot of things from a coverage standpoint and from his knowledge of the defense so I think that's been a good mix."

--The Chargers signed veteran DT Ian Scott, a six-year pro who played three seasons for Chargers linebackers coach Ron Rivera when he was in Chicago. Scott's best season came in 2004, when he started 13 games and recorded career highs in tackles (77) and sacks (two).

BY THE NUMBERS: 3 -- Touchdown passes by Philip Rivers in each of the first three games.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "With L.T.'s situation, it's been something that we've been forced into a little bit, putting a little bit more weight on him and asking him to carry the load and the passing game carrying the load." -- Coach Norv Turner, on Philip Rivers handling the bulk of the offense.