Brice Butler leaves practice after being injured in drill

[RomoFor6]

He's our biggest playmaker next to Dez. This would hurt

yeah, next to Dez, Beasley, Witten and Switzer, I agree!!

 

[xwalker]

He's our biggest playmaker next to Dez. This would hurt

Zeke and Beasley...

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

Preseason injuries make me want to puke. Its a Cowboy curse!

Actually, it's football.

 

[irishline]

He's our chains mover and has a little explosive play making ability.

Butler is s bigger threat when it comes to making an explosive play

When he starts doing it in a game then I will agree with you. I like him, am pulling for him, and would love for him to be what you said above. However, as of now all he has shown to be, in a regular season game environment, is an inconsistent player who could not maximize his opportunities and get on the field as much as his skills should dictate.

He is having a great off season by all accounts and that's great, but let's tap the breaks a little on the "second biggest threat" talk. Until he shows otherwise when it matters, as others have said, he isn't even in the top 5. I do hope he improves into the role though.

 

[Sydla]

So is there any report on whats wrong with his foot?

 

[Aven8]

He's our biggest playmaker next to Dez. This would hurt

Zeke is our biggest playmaker and it's not even close.

 

[robjay04]

They also thought Carr was worth keeping all these years due to his contract.

That's different.

We brought Carr in here and paid market value because we lost Newman.

Butler/Williams were both free agents...we offered one a multi year deal and one essentially the vet minimal. We have had each on contract for 2+ years to evaluate their worth. If Butler was a better player, we save money and let Williams walk.

 

[Sage3030]

Witten don't do **** but get 5 yards a pop(nowadays) he ain't exploding for 50 yards down the field in one play. Not even 30

Williams is a body catcher. Therefore passes, most of them have to be damn near perfect, with no one on top of him. He won't extend and is only dangerous when he has separation

Beasley is not explosive. You won't catch him making many 30+ big yard catches for TD's. He will get you 10 yards easily and occasionally break Free due to his shiftiness.

He had an almost 10 ypc average. I'm not sure you know what you're talking about there, 5 yards? Considering he never has been that guy to explode for 50 yards(he's not really done that much over his career) his longest last year was 35, so yeah he can get those 30 yard gains, and does. Here is his longest reception by year over the past four starting with last year:

35
35
34
34

He's pretty much the definition of consistent(year before that his longest was 36).

Williams does like to body catch, but he had more catches, more tds, more first downs and a longer yardage reception than Butler. He can extend. Look no further than his 3rd down catch in Seattle a couple years ago.

Beasley isn't explosive downfield as he's not as fast, and he's not used that way much, but within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage he's probably the most explosive receiver in the east in that regard. He just can't be covered because of his agility. He also had more catches, more yards, more touchdowns and a better average than Butler.

Butler said it himself, he's just a regular player. Not the worst and not the best. Just regular. By his own definition of himself, he is just a guy.

 

[TNCowboy]

Receiving wise, he's our 2nd biggest playmaker.

That's comical. In spit of all the snaps he got last year, he had a whole 16 catches for about 200 yds, even starting a few games. No one can make the case he's more of a playmaker than Beasley or Williams. Certainly not Witten.

 

[bodi]

good that puts my guy Brown on the team

I think Butler is to inconstant

 

[Seven]

"The veteran wide receiver went down hard after being tangled with rookie cornerback Chidobe Awuzie on a catching drill in pre-practice walkthrough"

Maybe they should just stick to meetings.................Jesus.

 

[Sydla]

good that puts my guy Brown on the team

I think Butler is to inconstant

Butler is too inconsistent but Brown isn't?

 

[gmoney112]

His 0.2 yds/rec over Terrance Williams definitely shows how more of a playmaker he is over T-Will.
Not to mention his crucial 16 catches he had over a 16 game span solidifies his spot on the team as the #2 playmaker as a receiver.
And his longest catch went for 41 yards, 6 yards short of the devil himself, Mr. Williams.

Lance Dunbar had the same amount of catches, dude.
The guy who can never stay healthy.

Hahah. I know what you're trying to say, and I approve. You might be underrating Butler a bit though. In this offense he's not going to get the ball much, but him and Dak have pretty good rapport. Of his whopping catch amount, a lot of them were pretty clutch.

All this to say, he's better than Lance Dunbar. That's really all I'm getting at here.

 

[Kevinicus]

Witten don't do **** but get 5 yards a pop(nowadays) he ain't exploding for 50 yards down the field in one play. Not even 30

Williams is a body catcher. Therefore passes, most of them have to be damn near perfect, with no one on top of him. He won't extend and is only dangerous when he has separation

Beasley is not explosive. You won't catch him making many 30+ big yard catches for TD's. He will get you 10 yards easily and occasionally break Free due to his shiftiness.

You have a very limited view on what constitutes making plays.

 

[aikemirv]

Cole Beasley: 20.3% target share | 98 targets | 75 catches | 833 yards | 5 TDs
Dez Bryant: 19.9% target share | 96 targets | 50 catches | 796 yards | 8 TDs
Jason Witten: 19.7% target share | 95 targets | 69 catches | 673 yards | 3 TDs
Terrance Williams: 12.6% target share | 61 targets | 44 catches | 594 yards | 4 TDs - 4 rec over 30 yrds - Brice Butler 1 over 30 on 16 rec
Ezekiel Elliott: 8.3% target share | 40 targets | 32 catches | 363 yards | 1 TDs

Who?- 2nd biggest playmaker - funny! The only reason he has the numbers he has is because he is an afterthought to the defense as well!

 

[Macnalty]

Butler is too inconsistent but Brown isn't?

I agree Brown needs some more polish till his game is NFL ready. Not a lot of separation happening with DB's. Brown is a pet cat of mine also but we have got to school him hard if he is going to make the 53. Now free rides in 2017.

 

[Sydla]

I agree Brown needs some more polish till his game is NFL ready. Not a lot of separation happening with DB's. Brown is a pet cat of mine also but we have got to school him hard if he is going to make the 53. Now free rides in 2017.

Agreed. I liked the pick of Brown. But the talk of him replacing Butler right after the draft was mostly wishful thinking IMO.

The hate Butler gets to be a 3rd or 4th WR is funny to me.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Witten don't do **** but get 5 yards a pop(nowadays) he ain't exploding for 50 yards down the field in one play. Not even 30

Williams is a body catcher. Therefore passes, most of them have to be damn near perfect, with no one on top of him. He won't extend and is only dangerous when he has separation

Beasley is not explosive. You won't catch him making many 30+ big yard catches for TD's. He will get you 10 yards easily and occasionally break Free due to his shiftiness.

Yeah, Witten only moves the chains, gets you in ideal 2nd down and short situations that allows you to open all of the playbook and he only continues to be one of the best blocking TEs in the league. I heare you!

 

[Hardline]

Witten don't do **** but get 5 yards a pop(nowadays) he ain't exploding for 50 yards down the field in one play. Not even 30

Williams is a body catcher. Therefore passes, most of them have to be damn near perfect, with no one on top of him. He won't extend and is only dangerous when he has separation

Beasley is not explosive. You won't catch him making many 30+ big yard catches for TD's. He will get you 10 yards easily and occasionally break Free due to his shiftiness.

Witten catches everything thrown to him and moves the chains.
Williams catches the ball at a high percentage. It doesn't matter how he catches them. Michael Irvin was a body catcher also.
Beasley is uncoverable. He makes plays when he's thrown the ball.

Butler has a long way to go before he can be considered a place maker. Most of his Cowboys career he's been hurt.

 

[Teague31]

Any word on what the injury is?