NFL Preview Capsule: Lions At Raiders
DETROIT (8-5) At OAKLAND (7-6)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m., Fox
OPENING LINE — Pick-em
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Detroit 6-6-1; Oakland 7-5-1
SERIES RECORD — Raiders lead 6-4
LAST MEETING — Lions beat Raiders 36-21, Sept. 9, 2007
LAST WEEK — Lions beat Vikings 34-28; Raiders lost to Packers 46-16
LIONS OFFENSE — OVERALL (10), RUSH (24T), PASS (5)
LIONS DEFENSE — OVERALL (17), RUSH (27), PASS (9)
RAIDERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (12), RUSH (6), PASS (16)
RAIDERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (26), RUSH (29), PASS (17)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Lions and Raiders tied for most personal fouls committed this year with 27 apiece. ... Teams have allowed most yards per rush in NFL this season with Oakland at a league-worst 5.2 and Detroit at 5.1. Only eight teams since 1970 merger have allowed at least 5 yards per carry for a season. ... Detroit DT Ndamukong Suh returns from two-game suspension for stomping on an opponent on Thanksgiving. ... Detroit K Jason Hanson needs three points become sixth player in NFL history with 2,000 in his career and would be first to score that many for one team. ... Lions WR Calvin Johnson had nine TD catches first five games and three the past eight. ... Detroit third in NFL in takeaways with 29. ... Raiders have fallen behind 34-0 past two weeks, first team to do so since 1984 Buffalo Bills. ... Oakland leads NFL with 19 runs of at least 20 yards but has gone 99 straight carries without one. ... Raiders have scored league-high 28 points on drives starting in final 2 minutes of half. ... Oakland QB Carson Palmer coming off second four interception game of career. He followed previous one in 2007 against Arizona with most accurate game of career, going 32 for 38 for 283 yards in 35-6 win over Tennessee.
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