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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