Dave Birkett, Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press
Free Press sports writers and columnists predict Sunday's game between the Detroit Lions and Oakland Raiders (4:05 p.m., Fox).
Jeff Seidel
Derek Carr will eat up the Lions’ secondary. But the good news for the Lions: Matthew Stafford will have a huge day against the Raiders’ leaky secondary. In the end, Detroit won’t be able to get much pressure on Carr, who will lead the Raiders to victory. Pick: Raiders 31, Lions 27
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It’s going to be a challenge for the Lions to manufacture a running game against a stout Raiders front, but Matthew Stafford and the passing game should make up for a ground-game deficiency.