FRISCO, Texas – When you fall to 0-3 at home and are winless in your last four games, including the playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers in January, you can't turn the facts into a cushion that will provide a soft landing The ejection allows roof from the reality of the situation, and that reality is that the Dallas Cowboys are currently broken at AT&T Stadium.

Can you fix it? Certainly, considering they were the best in the entire NFL on their home field before the aforementioned loss in January, and returning to that level of play will inform their self-reflection heading into the off week.

When asked about the current state of affairs, owner and general manager Jerry Jones was candid.

“Okay, it's been a long day, thanks to Detroit and thanks to a lot of things to criticize out there today,” Jones said. “It can’t be (us). That can't be. We’re not – we have to judge.”

But even Jones admits the solution isn't some magical fix that will suddenly appear in the next two weeks before they step on the field at Levi's Stadium. The biggest advantage of this equation is that the game is on the road. The Cowboys are undefeated, but as everyone knows, it's also against a 49ers team that has been Dallas' undoing of late.

And after that, the schedule isn't exactly abandoned.

“We certainly have a bye week, but there’s nothing magical about a bye week,” Jones said. “You can do some things differently (as far as some of the things that touched us out there today). That was very concerning and it was very humiliating and it was very – I felt bad for all of our great fans, especially the ones in the stadium and certainly the ones that are all about the Cowboys.

“So we have a lot of work to do.”

No one could have rightly predicted that the Cowboys would be sitting at a .500 record because of three home losses, but that's exactly where the Cowboys are in mid-October. Their next home game is Nov. 10 against the Philadelphia Eagles, a divisional clash that could help determine several scenarios as the season begins in December.

“We all know you should feel better at home,” Jones said, confused. “I think that’s an advantage. You don't travel. You sleep in your own bed. At home it should be an advantage and that’s one of the first things you look at.”

“How come we don’t play better when we have an advantage against the other team? You can wake up in the morning and find yourself in familiar territory. These are all things to think about. But overall, I think my message is right.” That said, I know you don't need to hear this from me, but I'm well aware that we're literally in a bind right now.

However, that doesn't mean Jones is trying to push head coach Mike McCarthy out the door, as he made clear after the loss to the Lions.

“I don’t think it’s hypothetical,” Jones said. “I’m not going to be hypothetical when I think about changing coaches, and I’m not doing that at all.”

With these predictable speculations seemingly dashed, the Cowboys will be forced to stare in the mirror over the next few days and decide who they are and what they want to be defined as when the 2024 season is a done deal.

Because right now there is a discrepancy between these two things.