Brice Butler to Cowboys: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction

The Dallas Cowboys wasted little time adding a healthy wide receiver following Dez Bryant's injury.

The team traded for 2013 seventh-round pick Brice Butler for a conditional 2016 draft pick, the Oakland Raiders announced on Wednesday.

Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News initially reported the news Tuesday. Charean Williams of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram added "Dallas will swap its fifth-round pick for the Raiders' sixth in 2016" if the Cowboys include Butler on their 53-man roster for six games.    

Butler himself seemed thrilled to move from Oakland to a Super Bowl contender, and he took to Twitter after the news: "Now it's time to play for America's team! Cowboys Nation I'm coming!!!"

In two seasons with the Raiders, Butler posted 383 receiving yards and two touchdown catches, both of which came last year. He did not play in Oakland's Week 1 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. The numbers don't exactly stand out, but Chris Burke of Sports Illustrated cautioned against dismissing the move:

It is no wonder the Cowboys added receiving depth since Bryant had surgery Monday to insert a screw in his broken foot and has a "fluid" recovery time of as little as four weeks or as many as eight weeks, as Chris Mortensen of ESPN noted.

Bryant is an All-Pro who topped 1,200 receiving yards in each of the last three years and led the league with 16 touchdown catches in 2014. Dallas couldn't afford to stand pat while its impact receiver heals.

The Cowboys do have other pass-catchers in Terrance Williams (1,357 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns in 2013 and 2014), Cole Beasley and Lance Dunbar. Dunbar, a running back, actually led the team with 70 receiving yards in its Week 1 win over the New York Giants, and Williams brings size (6'2", 208 pounds) and speed to the table.

Also, Jason Witten is one of the best tight ends in the NFL and caught the game-tying touchdown pass in the closing seconds against New York.

Even with these options, though, Dallas has an enormous hole in its passing attack without Bryant. Fans cannot realistically expect Butler to fill it, but he at least gives the Cowboys some much-needed depth for a critical upcoming stretch of games against the Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, New England Patriots, Giants and Seattle Seahawks.