How will the Cowboys handle seven receivers in their already challenged passing game?

The question was simple and straight to the point.

First, Deonte Thompson shrugged his shoulders and passed. He said he had no idea how things were going to play out and no one was told anything.

Allen Hurns had the same empty answer.

But leave it to the laid back Cole Beasley to make it plain.

So what exactly do you do with seven receivers?

Beasley’s answered with a smile, “Throw them the rock, man.”

If it only it were that easy.

The addition of Brice Butler on Tuesday puts seven receivers on the Dallas Cowboys roster heading into Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. He joins Thompson, Hurns, Beasley, Michael Gallup, Tavon Austin and Terrance Williams.

After Beasley’s nine catches and Thompson’s seven catches the rest of the group has two catches each through the first two games. Butler presence will certainly take food away from someone already getting crumbs in the passing game.

It also means that someone is going to be left off the game day roster as it’s unlikely the Cowboys will have seven receivers active for the game.

But no one is overly concerned as their focus is on doing whatever it takes to help the team win and improve an already-challenged passing game that ranks 30th in the league.

And with no No. 1 receiver following the release of Dez Bryant last April, they knew this was going to be a receiver-by-committee group from the outset with limited individual targets.

“Everybody is just waiting their turn to make their plays,” Beasley said. “When they’re not, they’re doing their best to extend plays for the guy who does get the ball. That’s a big emphasis that we’ve put on it this year, blocking after the catch and really trying to get those big plays after the ball is caught or during a run play.”

Beasley said Butler’s 6-3 frame, big-play ability, and precise route running gives them a dimension they didn’t have and thus makes the group stronger.

And that’s all they care about.

“Like I’ve been saying, the strength is in the group,” Beasley said. “We don’t need a No. 1, superstar-type guy. When you spread the ball around and each guy just makes their plays, when their number is called upon, it’s like the same thing. I think it just makes us that much harder to defend, not knowing where the ball is going to go.”

Thompson, a member of the Baltimore Ravens’ 2012 Super Bowl title team, said he knows a good team when he sees one and the Cowboys have the potential to be special on both sides of the ball. He is proud to part of the process in whatever role asked.

He proved as much at the start of the season when the Cowboys released him on final cuts to keep Noah Brown (hamstring) on the roster before moving him to short-term injured reserve.

Thompson waited patiently until the Cowboys signed him back the final day.

Besides, there is no use worrying about seven when the number could potentially rise to eight after Week 8 when Brown is eligible to return.