Cowboys Roster: 5 Veterans Who Could Be Cut Or Traded

Brice Butler, WR The Dallas Cowboys traded a fifth-round draft pick in 2015 to acquire Butler’s services with the hope they could tap into his potential. They hoped he could help fill the void left …

Brice Butler
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Brice Butler, WR

The Dallas Cowboys traded a fifth-round draft pick in 2015 to acquire Butler’s services with the hope they could tap into his potential. They hoped he could help fill the void left by Dez Bryant while he was recovering from his injuries, and although he has shown flashes of a starting caliber WR in the NFL, his inconsistencies could be his downfall.

Much like Lucky Whitehead, Butler could have seen the Cowboys draft his potential replacement with the selection of former USC WR Noah Brown.

Brown is a talented, but unpolished WR. He plays special-teams (unlike Butler) and might just be the best blocking receiver on the roster. If Butler isn’t far superior to Brown in off-season practices, he likely won’t be on the Cowboys roster come Week 1 of the season.

Butler however might have a little bit more trade value than Whitehead. He has a rare combination of size and speed, which could entice another organization to take a chance on tapping into its potential, much like the Cowboys did.

4 thoughts on “Cowboys Roster: 5 Veterans Who Could Be Cut Or Traded”

  1. Everybody but Hitchens, he’s been the most consistent out of the bunch. Yall are missing one , Tyrone Crawford. Big contract low production. Rid him, lets move on already if he dont show up this year

    • I thought about going with Crawford, but I think the Cowboys keep him around because of his ability to play different positions on the DL. I put Hitchens on this list because he does have trade value, but like you said he is the most consistent. I wouldn’t be completely surprised if he was traded if he ends up buried on the depth chart though. That way he doesn’t walk away at the end of the season without receiving any compensation in return.

  2. Hitchens gives your more insurance than the other positions. This defensive line needs to start fresh Crawford and Lawrence have done nothing impressive to keep them. Were keeping them because of the contract. Outside of Sean lee, maliek collins, anthony brown, and byron jones , everybody on this defense can be traded or cut

  3. TRAVIS DIGGS Hitchens he can’t cover no speed thus the pass interference call against the Lions he is sorry and to slow The Cowboys are the slowest team in Football and one of the stupidest if this is a word Look what the Patriots Did, see they were successful with those slow receiver but they had enough common sense to add Brandin Cooks from the Saints because you need some Blazing to open everything else a real deep threat would take this offense over the top

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