Cowboys vs. Lions: The good, the bad, and the ugly from Week 6 for Dallas
After watching the Dallas Cowboys lose 47-9 to the Detroit Lions it’s somewhat surprising they are 3-3 heading into their bye week. Although things look pretty depressing right now, the Cowboys still have a lot of football to play and plenty of time to turn things around. There is still a little hope this team can actually do that.
Although the Cowboys were completely embarrassed by the Lions Sunday afternoon, we can still find a silver lining in all those clouds. We take a look at one good, one bad, and one ugly aspect from what is among the Cowboys worst losses in franchise history.
THE GOOD – The Week 7 bye
Other than Brandon Aubrey being his consistent self, there wasn’t much good to take away from the Cowboys Week 6 loss to the Lions. In all honesty, the only real positive thing we can take away is the fact they didn’t have any players sustain anymore significant injuries and they are now heading into their bye week. Hopefully they can now rest, recuperate, and reevaluate things so that they can better prepare themselves for the remainder of the 2024 season. There is still a lot of football to play this season.
THE BAD – Nonexistent home-field advantage
The Dallas Cowboys have had a total of three home games this year and have been completely embarrassed in every single one of them. The Saints, Ravens, and now the Lions all dominated to the Cowboys in every aspect of the game in front of Dallas’ hometown fans. It’s hard to believe this team was close to unstoppable at home not long ago. Just last season they were undefeated at home in the regular-season. Has so much changed?
THE UGLY – Everything else
Pretty much from the opening kickoff till the final seconds ticked off the clock in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys’ performance Sunday afternoon against the Lions was as ugly as it gets. Offensively they had a total of five turnovers and failed to score a single touchdown. Defensively they allowed a total of 492 yards and let the Lions offense pretty much score at will. Dallas no doubt hit rock bottom this week, but the good thing about that is there is only one way to go from here.