Generally, the snark comments come from either fans who never actually saw him play except on tape or from NFC East fans still ticked off from the twenty years of Cowboy beatdowns on the way to the playoffs. I saw Waters take on offensive linemen twice his size in fights on several occasions. He was not one to take crap and had a nasty brawling attitude when necessary. I watched him, and a lot of other cowboys since 1967. I think the sportswriter is dead on with his selection. Waters may not have been the overly hyped-up social media version of players everyone lathers & slobbers of today that are based on their feel-good group and historical player stats that the fantasy league gave them. However, Charlie Waters played every down hard like a true professional for the era he was in and not just based on a stat figure. Sometimes a very good player just is the glue that holds it all together without the fanfare.