By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

photo credit Wikipedia Matt Stafford in 2014 Detroit Lions

OAKLAND — Last Sunday’s 30-14 home loss to the visiting Minnesota Vikings certainly left a bad taste in the Raiders’ mouth dropping Oakland to 4-5 on the season.

In a game where Oakland racked up 371 yards of total offense, the Raiders managed just two second quarter touchdowns.

Raiders’ starting quarterback Derek Carr, who had thrown for at least 300 yards and two touchdowns in each of the last three games, was neutralized by the Vikings by throwing two interceptions, one in the end zone to Vikings’ cornerback Terrance Newman in the fourth quarter that iced the game.

Carr had just four interceptions coming into the game.

The Raiders look to snap their current two-game losing streak when they travel to Detroit to face the Lions Sunday at 10:00 a.m. PT.

With the year-long suspension of starting outside linebacker Aldon Smith, Oakland lost arguably its best defensive player not named Charles Woodson.

But over the past two games, Oakland has been torched by the opposition’s running game.

Steelers’ running back DeAngelo Williams gashed the Raiders for 170 yards and two touchdowns in Pittsburgh’s 38-35 victory over Oakland in Week 9.

Adrian Peterson registered 203 yards on the ground, including a crushing 80-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter last Sunday. The hole in the Raiders’ defense that Peterson ran through was big enough for a truck to run through.

Detroit (2-7) has been a relatively dumpster fire this year with in-season firings of front office personnel and assistant coaches, but are coming off a 18-16 victory over Green Bay at Lambeau Field Sunday sending the Packers to their third-straight loss.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns  helping Detroit pick up its first win in Green Bay since December 1991, snapping a 24-game road losing streak.

The Lions punished Packers’ starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers by sacking the former league MVP three times, and frustrated Green Bay’s offense all day by playing aggressive defense.

Stafford threw for 391 yards and four touchdowns, and wide receiver Calvin Johnson had nine catches for 214, including the game-winning touchdowns with 39 seconds left in Detroit’s 28-27 victory on Dec. 18, 2011 at Oakland.

The win was Detroit’s third straight over Oakland.