DETROIT — Since the blockbuster trade that landed Quinnen Williams in Dallas, the Cowboys were allowing less than 22 points per game heading into Ford Field to face the Detroit Lions, but that all changed in Week 14 on Thursday Night Football; and it led to the Cowboys suffering their first loss since Week 9.

The defense looked like a shell of the version that was put on film against the Las Vegas Raiders and, more importantly, against the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs — the Lions finishing with 44 points scored, the highest mark by the Cowboys' defense this season.

It left Williams and the entire unit searching for answers following the loss.

"I got to watch the film but, as a defense, man, we are way better than [allowing] 44 po

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