Sept. 23, 1979 - Bills 46, Jets 31

Wide receiver Jerry Butler was always a modest man, someone who routinely poked fun at himself in a self-deprecating way.

He was a star at Clemson University, which is why the Buffalo Bills picked him No. 5 overall in the first round of the 1979 draft, and it took just four games into his NFL career for the team to realize they had struck gold when Butler caught 10 passes for 255 yards and four touchdowns in this wild victory over the New York Jets.

But Butler was always leery about his standing with the Bills and he constantly feared that his next game might be his last game. As a way of reminding himself how fleeting success could be in the NFL, Butler collected the name strips that went above the lockers of every receiver who came and went during

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