This week, Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Pro Football Hall of Famer and Green Bay Packers legend LeRoy Butler about lessons learned from his former coordinator, current Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.

Butler will be an ambassador for the Packers at the Taste of the Draft on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT at Schreiber Food Headquarters, 400 N. Washington Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin. The event brings together top chefs, 20 legendary supper clubs, and Packers greats to raise funds for school nutrition grants for 90 schools throughout Wisconsin, in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the NFL Draft.

Reid worked in several roles for the Packers from 1992 to 1998 before starting his head coaching career.

“Andy Reid was a tight ends coach. I used to sit with Andy Reid in meetings because I’m a small guy. I said, Coach, how do I defend tight ends, who are 6’4″ -6’5″? I’m too small. He said, No, Stay between him and the ball and don’t get in a pushing match.” said Butler, “The best advice I got from a tight ends coach. Then, he coached the offensive line. Then he was the offensive coordinator.”

Butler was a four-time first-team All-Pro in his 12 seasons with the Packers. He was the first defensive back in NFL history to join the 20 Sack, 20 Interception Club. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022, and he revealed the best way to annoy the Chiefs’ all-time winningest head coach.

“The only way you get on his nerves is to tell him that Tom Selleck has a better mustache than him. Magnum P.I. guy,” said Butler. “Other than that, he’s the same guy. And I really was hoping he three-peated because I’m a big fan of Andy Reid, and the players love him. I mean, he’s just a smart guy, man. I love the guy.”

Butler hoped Reid and the Chiefs would complete the three-peat during Super Bowl LIX, but they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles. Butler and Reid were champions together in Green Bay, defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.

“That gets under his skin. If you say his mustache isn’t the best, I said Burt Reynolds had a better one, too, but I’m biased. Reynolds went to Florida State,” said Butler jokingly, “but he’s going to be mad that I told people that secret, but it’s okay. He’ll get over it.”

Taste of the Draft’s net proceeds benefit national nonprofit GENYOUth’s commitment to End Student Hunger and tackle youth food insecurity in Wisconsin.