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Ricky Watters

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Ricky Watters (born April 7, 1969) is a former American Football running back who played for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, and finally the Seattle Seahawks.

Watters has gained notoriety in Philadelphia for his infamous line "For who? For what?" after his first game as an Eagle on September 3, 1995 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, when he stopped short on a passing route to avoid contact (the Buccaneers' 21-6 victory in the game was their first in a game played both outdoors and on artificial turf since their 1980 opener and snapped a 27-game losing streak for them in that situation).

A similar incident occurred one year later in a road game against the Arizona Cardinals on November 24, 1996; after the Eagles had been stopped for three plays in a row and forced to punt, Watters came off the field, pointing to his teammates from the offensive line trailing behind him, and screamed, "There's nothin' there ... there's nothin' there!" (apparently intending to convey the idea that the offensive line failed to open any holes for Watters in the previous series of plays).