IN THE MAIN, WATERS
Dan Jenkins
January 02, 1978
Although living legends were supposed to scamper around Texas Stadium Monday afternoon—legends like Tony Dorsett and Walter Payton who could hand out 8 x 10 glossies of themselves as they skittered along the sidelines—the only thing the Dallas-Chicago NFC playoff game contributed to NFL lore was a legendary new passing combination: Bob Avellini to Charlie Waters. Say again?
For some reason, no Cowboy player bothered to pick up the game ball when the final gun sounded. It sat there on the carpet for four minutes as the players walked to their tunnels.
Finally, a Dallas equipment man walked out and picked it up. It was probably the only assignment Charlie Waters blew all day.