ARLINGTON, Texas – 245 days later, things didn’t look much different for the Dallas Cowboys in an important game.

The last time the Cowboys played at AT&T Stadium before Sunday’s 44-19 loss to the New Orleans Saints was a humiliating 48-32 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round.

Statistically speaking, Sunday was worse — although a Week 2 loss doesn’t have the same significance as a season-ending playoff loss. But it was the second-worst home loss since Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989; the worst was 41-14 to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2000.

From Jones to coach Mike McCarthy to the players, despite the connection, no one wanted to talk much about what happened against the Packers.

Trevon Diggs, who missed the playoff game due to a knee injury, summed up Sunday’s performance in one word: “Unacceptable.”

Same as the loss against the Packers.

Jones swore he didn’t have any flashbacks when he saw the Saints running down the field like the Packers.

“We have so much to do,” Jones said. We still have seasons – almost seasons – left before we get to the playoffs. We have a lot of work to do. We have a lot of good players who can get the job done. I’m confident we can do it. We’ll learn from this.”

Of the 22 Cowboys who started against the Saints, six did not play against the Packers. Of the 48 players who played Sunday, 19 were not in uniform against the Packers. The Cowboys have a new defensive coordinator in Mike Zimmer, who has made changes to a system run by Dan Quinn, now the head coach of the Washington Commanders.

But the results were known.

The Packers took a 27-7 lead. The Saints led 35-16 after two quarters. This is the Cowboys’ most points allowed in the first half in history. The last time this happened was in 2004, when Zimmer was also the Cowboys’ coordinator.

New Orleans rushed for 290 yards in the first half, 60 more than the Cowboys allowed in their Week 1 win over the Cleveland Browns. The Packers rushed for 217 yards in the first half of the playoff game. The Packers had 13 first downs. The Saints had 12. The Packers missed one third-down conversion in the first two quarters. The Saints didn’t miss any of their three.

The Packers led 27-0 after Darnell Savage returned an interception from Dak Prescott for a touchdown with 1:50 left in the first half. The Saints used a Prescott interception by Paulson Adebo (thanks to a slip by receiver Jalen Brooks) to set up Derek Carr’s 1-yard touchdown run with 39 seconds left in the first half to give them a 22-point lead.

“I’m not comparing last year to this,” said Prescott, who had his first multi-interception game since a Week 5 loss last year at the San Francisco 49ers. “We’re talking about two completely different teams, honestly… There’s no way to even remotely compare that. Maybe because we got beat, we got away quickly and we were here at home. But they were completely different and distinct teams and I wouldn’t waste my time comparing those two if I were you.”

Sunday’s loss ended a 16-game regular-season winning streak at AT&T Stadium, the second-longest in team history. Saints running back Alvin Kamara became the fifth player to score four touchdowns in a game against the Cowboys and the first since 1994.

New Orleans scored touchdowns on its first six possessions, making the second half a formality for the most part, much like the second half of the Packers’ loss in January.

“I don’t think our last game here had anything to do with it,” McCarthy said. “I understand the criticism is warranted, and I’m obviously on the other side of it. We’ve made changes on defense. You know, some of the changes we’ve made were to put an emphasis on run defense. That wasn’t evident today.”

The Packers rushed for 143 yards on 33 carries and scored three touchdowns. The Saints rushed 39 times for 190 yards (115 by Kamara) and scored four touchdowns.

“At the end of the day, I just think we were outplayed,” edge rusher Micah Parsons said. “Whoever played on the field, nobody gave 100%. I’ll take responsibility and tell the truth. We all need to play better.”

The Baltimore Ravens, who started the season 0-2 but have last year’s MVP in quarterback Lamar Jackson, come to AT&T Stadium on Sunday.

“Now we just have to refocus,” Prescott said. “We have to react. We’re not going to go undefeated. Yay. That hasn’t happened in 50 years. It’s about getting back up and finding a way to react and put the best team on the field next week.”