DENVER -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones was not pleased with Sunday's result, a 44-24 loss to the Denver Broncos , but the outcome will not shape how he looks to improve the defense before next week's trade deadline.

"If I saw a proposition for us to help this team, no matter what this score was today, then I would look at it on the merits of helping the team," Jones said. "I would completely look at the merits for both next week or the weeks after (and the longer term). No, today would not affect a decision on trading for a player."

The Cowboys have gauged interest from teams in potential targets, according to multiple sources, but have not found a middle ground to get a trade agreed upon.

And Jones doesn't see the Cowboys' defense as one player away from b

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