The Dallas Cowboys’ interminably long preseason has mercifully come to a close. The visiting Jacksonville Jaguars played their first-string units against the Cowboys’ backups, jumping out to a 14-0 lead before winning the exhibition by a final score of 34-14.
The Cowboys now hold the ignominious distinction of being the only team to lose four preseason games in 2021. To be fair, they were one of only two teams to play that many, and it’s also important to remember that these game results don’t matter in the slightest, but it’s a tough look nonetheless for a head coach trying to establish winning as the norm.
Today’s good, bad and ugly is mostly about the latter two than it is the former. But as always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.