You know, raise your hand if you want to win a Super Bowl. Everybody's hand goes up in the room.

Raise your hand if you want to be in the Pro Bowl.

They are everybody's hand goes up. Who in here wants to be enshrine in the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Everyone's hand goes up. And the next question is are you willing

to pay the price for that last hand you put up because that's the ultimate price you want to pay

in this business welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood.

Our next guest is a former NFL wide receiver who spent his entire career with the Buffalo Bills, and that's Jerry Butler.

Drafted in the first round of the 1979 NFL draft coming out of the University of Clemson,

Jerry would go it on to make 278

receptions for over 4,300 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns, including making the Pro Bowl in

1980. Injuries to his knees and ankles would eventually force Jerry to retire, but in his

post-playing career, he became a wide receivers coach and eventually

the director of player development for a number of NFL teams. On today's show, Jerry and I get

into a ton of different topics, including his football career, his role in player development

in the NFL, an advice he would give during this time of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement to current

players, as well as actionable steps he recommends for guys in their daily life.

I know Bill's Mafia is going to love this interview. Jerry is a great example of a man

that we can all learn so much from on and off the field. That's why he was employed by so many different

teams to teach their rookies how to transition into the NFL. So much of what he talks about

in this podcast applies to athletes and non-athletes alike. This podcast recently got a review

from RP reads and he writes, what a fantastic list. I'm finally updated

on all the episodes and can't wait for the next episode. As a retired law enforcement officer

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