News: Brice Butler to Dallas

[xwalker]

har har har

He is still sniping about moves the Cowboys make despite his failed past opinions on Hitchens and Tyrone Crawford.

 

[anava]

Yikes. It's just a round (5th for a 6th) but I consider 5th rounders way more valuable than 6th rounders. I think the talent usually falls off in most drafts after the 5th, just my opinion.

Hopefully, Butler proves worth it though.

Sure we are hoping to be at the end of the 5th round and the raiders at the beginning of the 6th. So if he sticks it is only falling a few spots.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Sure we are hoping to be at the end of the 5th round and the raiders at the beginning of the 6th. So if he sticks it is only falling a few spots.

Good point.

 

[lwehlers]

great another raider reject. we already have one at running back.

 

[Risen Star]

But it at least an out of the box choice and not Wayne or Nicks.

So why is that automatically a good thing?

Cause Go Cowboys!?

 

[Cumart21]

The next Julio Jones, just in time for the Eagles.

 

[Derinyar]

A good gamble, especially if we have a low fifth and the Raiders have a high sixth.

That's exactly what we're betting on I suspect. We at 10-6 or better and them at something more like 6-10 would make that about a 15 pick spread at worst.

 

[EST_1986]

Ahh, Jerry just pulling draft picks out of his arse. Me likes his way of dealing. Three other NFL teams has our 2016 7th pick. Who cares, live for the moment Jerry.

Im sure once Mara catches wind of it we will lose every one of our draft picks for the next 3 years

 

[MRV52]

"mental issues" .... um, meaning he just couldn't grasp the playbook? Or off the field "mental issues"? We need a Raiders fan.... are there any? Lol.

Every player in Oakland has mental issues, its just the environment.

 

[KingintheNorth]

great another raider reject. we already have one at running back.

But in Raider tradition both are legitimate burners.

True speed has been a missing element from this offense.

 

[Derinyar]

He is an intriguing player. Not big issue with the trade basically being a swap.

It was interesting it was tied to "six games". Makes it a little bit of a gamble on Dez Bryant and a little less about how they really wanted the player to be on the team.

Or that 7 weeks of practices will be enough to figure out if they want to give up something for him.

 

[gimmesix]

But it at least an out of the box choice and not Wayne or Nicks.

I kind of agree. I would love to have the experience of those guys on the team, but instead we go with a guy who has plenty of talent he has not used up yet.

 

[MRV52]

Damn I hate this kid he scored a TD on us @#%&@^%#&^@ %^&

 

[Stash]

Those could be back to back picks!

 

[links18]

Sounds like a guy to replace Street not so much Dez....

 

[RS12]

This tells me they don't like Street in the interim. Otherwise, they would have picked the best free agent available. Butler seems like a nice addition. But he was a 7th round pick (Street 5th I believe). Everyone else in the past has probably been in love with 4.37 speed, so why is that speed now going to be the reason he works things out for the 1st time in his career?

I still like the guy, but it makes me think that they don't have confidence in Street at all.

If Dez hadnt gone down, I think his roster spot was shaky.

 

[xwalker]

Yikes. It's just a round (5th for a 6th) but I consider 5th rounders way more valuable than 6th rounders. I think the talent usually falls off in most drafts after the 5th, just my opinion.

Hopefully, Butler proves worth it though.

Swapping is way less than giving up a pick directly.

 

[USMarineVet]

We should be receiving a 5th round compensatory pick in next year's draft so this will balance out. Seems like the kid has a lot of upside and we were probably going to draft a WR at some point next year anyway.

 

[Alexander]

If Dez hadnt gone down, I think his roster spot was shaky.

Wait, this was the player that per some around here was threatening Williams. You cannot be serious.

 

[CCBoy]

Gladly sir.

I feel like this will make the Cowboys very dangerous because now teams are gonna have to keep two safeties back deep because both Williams and Butler have the ability to run right pass opposing corners if there's no help.

Obviously that will be a lighter box. That keeps the run game very much in play. Then you have a guy like Dunbar. He's gonna be a nightmare for opposing linebackers. They have to play off otherwise he'll be running free, but much like McFadden can make people miss in the open field.

This allows Cole to stay in the slot and we know how dangerous he is. It's truly gonna be a pick your poison. We saw the Giants give up a lot of underneath passes and it came back to bite them so what do defenses do? Play tighter? If they do we're gonna have some big play opportunities with some of the speed with the likes of Dunbar, Williams, and Butler.

I also am looking forward to more Escobar. Not just in the red zone. His route running has improved after being pretty terrible his first couple of seasons. Guy really has great hands. Can be flanked out wide. He also can make things happen in open space. Very strong. We've seen him in the pre-season where he just drove four or five guys right to the first down marker. Not an easy guy to bring down and if we get him in stride deep down the middle that's gonna be a nightmare for teams trying to defend.

Also let's not forget about Romo. Look at what he's done with average talents at the receiver position over the years. Guys like Crayton, Roy. E Williams, Laurent Robinson, Terry Glenn, etc. He's so decisive, so accurate, gets the ball out of his hands and puts his receivers in situations where they can get a lot of yards after the catch. That's why even when he had bad offensive lines he didn't get sacked as much as one would think because of that quick release along with obviously that patented spin move and his manuvering in the pocket.

Here, both Beasley and Dunbar are run blitz killers.