FRISCO, Texas -- Less than 24 hours after last week's blowout loss to the Denver Broncos , Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer attempted to remain positive about a defense that has been, to be polite, porous.

Asked if there is ever a time for drastic measures -- a firing, a benching, a release -- Schottenheimer assured that changes would be made.

"You can't come off a game like [giving up 44 points to the Broncos] and not expect there to be changes," he said. "And there will be changes, I can promise you that.

"We've already had some of those meetings, and we talked about those changes."

But Schottenheimer wasn't talking about changes associated with Tuesday's trade deadline at 4 p.m. ET. It was more about fixing the problem of yielding the second-most yards (404.6 per game)

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