NFL Preview - Detroit (1-6) at Seattle (2-5)

By Tony Moss, Sports Network | The Sports Network • Published November 05, 2009

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It has been many suns, moons, failed draft picks, dubious coaching hires, and at least one mustachioed general manager since the Detroit Lions have won a road game in the month of November.

The last time the Lions flew home to the Motor City a winner during the 11th month was Nov. 19, 2000, when Detroit defeated the New York Giants, 31-21, at the Meadowlands.

Gary Moeller was the coach that day, as a Lions team that would narrowly miss the playoffs defeated a Giants club that would represent the NFC in Super Bowl XXXV. Charlie Batch was the quarterback, and he threw touchdown passes to the likes of Herman Moore and Johnnie Morton that day.

Since then, the Lions are 0-15 on the road in November, a losing streak they'll be looking to wipe out when they head to Qwest Field to face the also- struggling Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

On one hand, the signs don't look very promising for Jim Schwartz's one-win club.

The Lions are just one week removed from a troubling 17-10 home loss to the formerly winless St. Louis Rams, a defeat that seemed to undermine the notion that Detroit was on the verge of recovery following a near-decade long stretch of mostly dismal football.

Rookie quarterback and No. 1 overall draft pick Matthew Stafford failed to build on a couple of promising efforts prior to suffering a knee injury against the Bears back on Oct. 4th, completing just 14-of-33 passes for 168 yards with an interception against the Rams, though he did rush for the Lions' lone touchdown, and completed a game-tying two-point conversion to running back Maurice Morris in the fourth quarter. Only two of the Georgia product's completions went to wide receivers, as the offense clearly missed wideout Calvin Johnson, who was absent for a second straight game with a knee problem.

Johnson will have a chance to return this week, which is the beginning of the good news for Detroit.

The rest of the good news concerns the Seahawks, who have lost five of their last six and are coming off a frustration-inducing 38-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.

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