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Darren McFadden's 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down play in the second quarter of Saturday's 31-20 loss to the Raiders was the first touchdown the first-team defense had given up this entire preseason.

In 12 defensive series by the first unit this preseason, they've allowed that one touchdown while forcing three field goals and have three takeaways.

"We didn't play well enough to keep them out of the end zone," Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said of his defense after the game. "First drive we sort of gave a couple first downs and then held them to a field goal and then the biggest one was getting a stop down on the goal line and we didn't get that done. We've got to do better."

The defense forced two turnovers – interceptions by defensive end Willie Young and linebacker Stephen Tulloch – but allowed 247 yards of offense to the Raiders in the first half.

"We're not just looking to be okay," linebacker Justin Durant said. "We're looking to be a great defense. We think we have a lot of talent. We have a great offense, but we're not going to lean on them. We want to stand our own. We don't want to have a bend-but-don't-break mentality; we want to have a shut-it-down mentality."

On the McFadden play, officials originally ruled the Lions had stopped him on the field but it was overturned after review.

Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer threw for 181 yards in the first half and Oakland finished with 513 yards of offense.

INCONSISTENT PROGRESS
The goal in the preseason is for teams to get themselves on a progression where they'll be playing their best football around the third preseason game – typically considered the dress rehearsal for the regular season.

After seeming to take a big step forward last week against the Ravens following their preseason opener against the Browns, the Lions seemed to regress a little bit in Oakland Saturday night.

"There were times we didn't get it done," Schwartz said. "Just the whole body of work, particularly in this game, we didn't play consistently and we didn't play as good as we can play. You can go offense, defense, special teams, you can go all three groups, there's still work to be done; we didn't play our best."

SPECIAL DELIVERY
The Lions much maligned special teams units had their best performance of the preseason against the Raiders on Saturday. They allowed a total of 12 punt return yards (4.0 average) and just 56 yards on five kickoffs (11.2 average).

Justin Miller set up the Lions kicker Jason Hanson for his second field goal of the game with an 79-yard kickoff return down to the Raiders 20-yard line.

Overall, the special teams units were much better.

PREGAME WORKOUT
Defensive tackle Kyle Vanden Bosch, who just recently returned to practice following a knee injury, suffered early on in training camp. Vanden Bosch came out of the locker room and warmed up, similar to what Mikel Leshoure did last week against the Ravens, but he never got into the game.

Neither did special teams ace Kassim Osgood, whom the Lions acquired on Wednesday to help boost the special team units. Returner and running back Stefan Logan (ankle) also missed the game.

Linebacker Travis Lewis (quadriceps) and defensive tackle Sammie Hill (back spasms) both played after missing practice this week leading up to the game.

ROSTER TRIM
The Lions have until 4 p.m. Monday to trim their 90-man roster to 75.