Good, Bad, Ugly: Awful pass protection, falling for trick plays, red zone nightmares among Cowboys lowlights in Week 6

When the entire construct of the article is a look at “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of a given football game, one is contractually obligated to find some silver lining to represent the good. In the Cowboys’ Week 6 game versus Detroit, though, it was exceptionally hard to find. And after a 47-9 mauling, any positive takeaway whatsoever cannot help but be dramatically overshadowed by the bad and the ugly, of which there was an overabundance.

The parties most responsible for Dallas’s epic faceplant of a performance are truly too numerous to mention. But once again, this breakdown will live up to its stated mission by highlighting just a few of the trends that are currently the biggest problem areas for a team that absolutely no one believes is as good as their .500 record.

From a patchwork defensive crew that got blown through like tissue paper to a pass-protection unit that was practically a row of broken turnstiles and a red-zone offense that’s statistically even worse then you probably think, Sunday’s effort ranks among the most lopsidedly terrible in Cowboys franchise history. So here’s a look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly from Sunday… but certainly not in that exact order.