Despite fading badly in the final quarter, Dunn believes the Demons will take some important lessons from their highly-rated opponents.
“Bails said we would get a lot more out of the game than they did,” he said.
“They got the four points, but from a learning point of view we can draw a fair bit from it for next week and the rest of the season.”
Dunn was philosophical on the Demon's defeat, but rued their final quarter where he admits he and his teammates “fell asleep” during a four goal to one lapse.
“They are one of the best teams in the competition at the moment and everyone knows that,” he said.
“The boys at three quarter time felt that we were a good chance and could win it, but we went to sleep a little bit in the last quarter which is disappointing.
“We need to hold our intensity for four quarters if we expect to win games of footy.”
As for Bailey's call for the Demons to post stronger starts, Dunn said the team was making progress. Much to his relief - and that of the Demon faithful - there was no repeat of their four goal to one opening against the Crows.
“I thought we started off well, last week wasn't good enough,” he said.
“We had a real focus this week to start well because we realise that we are not a great starting team, so tonight we put a real emphasis on that.
“We just have to learn from tonight, and what we did in that last quarter wasn't good enough.”
Dunn's own game with 15 possessions, eight marks, two goals and four inside 50s and that of teammate Brad Green were two highlights to come out of the match.
Dunn said Green, who led the Demons from the front with 26 disposals, nine marks and two goals, flew under the radar of many players and fans.
“Greeny is a super player,” he said. “I think he is underrated in the AFL. People just sort of say, ‘Brad Green, he goes alright’, but he's leading our goal kicking, his hands are super, he's courageous, he does everything you could ask of him every week and that's why he's in the leadership group.”
Dunn said the Demons' focus had already shifted to their Sunday afternoon game against the Bombers, a team they haven't beaten since 2006.
“We haven't had a win against the Bombers in a while, they've probably had the wood over us,” he said.
“Bails spoke before about training well, about training intensity during the week and taking that into the game next week.”
