RIP Andre Waters (1 Viewer)

[Donny Loved Bowling]

Reportedly found dead this morning of "a self-inflicted wound." He was a tough, intense player who typified the Buddy Ryan era in Philadelphia. "Dirty" Waters had an arguably well-deserved reputation for playing beyond the rules at times, but Eagles fans reveled in his hard-nosed style.

Today's Eagles team could really use someone like Andre... intensity like his is in short supply.

(Go ahead, make the classless remarks about him watching the Birds' game when he did it...)

 

[Slinger]

(Go ahead, make the classless remarks about him watching the Birds' game when he did it...)

I think you're the only one who remotely even thought of that.I was a big fan of that defense back in the day. GB AW and his family.

 

[walkwithme]

Reportedly found dead this morning of "a self-inflicted wound." He was a tough, intense player who typified the Buddy Ryan era in Philadelphia. "Dirty" Waters had an arguably well-deserved reputation for playing beyond the rules at times, but Eagles fans reveled in his hard-nosed style. Today's Eagles team could really use someone like Andre... intensity like his is in short supply.(Go ahead, make the classless remarks about him watching the Birds' game when he did it...)

R.I.P. to Waters one of the Eagle greats hard hitter and definitely earned the "Dirty" nickname.

 

[Donny Loved Bowling]

(Go ahead, make the classless remarks about him watching the Birds' game when he did it...)

I think you're the only one who remotely even thought of that.

Unlikely. Some of the people on this board can always be counted upon to add insult to injury... I'm just trying to head them off.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

####.

I liked that guy. Those old Eagles defenses were hardcore.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

(Go ahead, make the classless remarks about him watching the Birds' game when he did it...)

I think you're the only one who remotely even thought of that.

Unlikely. Some of the people on this board can always be counted upon to add insult to injury... I'm just trying to head them off.

The Reggie Wayne thread about his brother dying is a very recent example of such behavior.

 

[D-BO]

####.I liked that guy. Those old Eagles defenses were hardcore.

RIP Andre.

 

[hotdogcollars]

That sucks...now 3 guys gone from that Gang Green D...

 

[Bri]

RIP

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

That sucks...now 3 guys gone from that Gang Green D...

Three of the best, in fact.

 

[Judge Smails]

Such a bummer to think how people can even get to that point. RIP Andre..

 

[Husker]

Didn't like the guy as a player. That being said, 44 is way too young.

RIP.

 

[delusional]

:(

 

[Jason Wood]

:( A sad apostrophe to a pretty dismal week for Eagles fans.

 

[intrinsic]

That sucks...now 3 guys gone from that Gang Green D...

Three of the best, in fact.

Dirty at times, but all of his hits were hard, he never took a play off. RIP Andre

 

[The_Man]

As a Redskins fan, I disliked all the guys on that Buddy Ryan Eagles D, but I sure respected them. And I gained a greater level of appreciation for Waters by reading "Bringing the Heat," the book that "Black Hawk Down" author Mark Bowden wrote about those Eagles.

That's a great football book. It talked about the utter, abject poverty from which Waters came, and the intense determination never to go back that fueled his playing style. Sad to think about the lifelong demons that led him to suicide, if that - as it seems - is what happened.

 

[The_Man]

Here's a blurb about Waters from the Bowden book:

Even as a kid back in Pahokee, his unofficial assignment on defense was to rough up the other team's star player. Playing safety in the pro (for Buddy) gave full license to this approach, since in many formations, Andre's job was just to move to the ball. And Andre would make it his business to get in one good hammer -- late, low, unncessarily high, it didn't matter - sufficient to send a message. The message was You could get hurt out here.

 

[Tag]

As a Cowboy fan I never cared much for him. Ho Hum.

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

RIP Andre.

 

[chocolate bomber]

RIP Andre.

RIP Dirty Waters. Thanks for the memories.

 

[glock]

44?? ####!

:(

RIP

 

[mrspree15]

RIP my fav player from the Buddy Ryan days

 

[My Hope Street Alias]

Very dirty ballplayer. Should be no place for his ilk in the NFL.

 

[Pole Cat]

I always wear a #20 taped to my back when I play in my annual Turkey Bowl.