Bears head coach Matt Eberflus knows Taco Charlton from their time together with the Cowboys.
added another former first-round draft pick to their roster on Wednesday, this time in the hopes of bolstering their pass rush. Matt Eberflus announced the team signed Taco Charlton to their active roster, off of the Saints practice squad.
The Cowboys selected Charlton with the No. 27 overall pick of the 2017 draft. He never won a starting job his rookie season, playing behind Demarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford, but managed three sacks, three TFLs and one forced fumble. Charlton started the 2018 as the starter opposite Lawrence on the defensive line, but his production slipped and an injury partway through the year knocked him out of the starting lineup. By season’s end he only had one sack in 11 games.
Charlton will likely take Kingsley Jonathan’s role as a depth pass rusher with the Bears. In five games this year, Jonathan played between 5% and 16% of the team’s defensive snaps. The team waived Jonathan on Tuesday. Both Eberflus and Ryan Poles are familiar with Charlton. Eberflus and Charlton worked together with the Cowboys in 2017, and Poles and Charlton crossed paths in Kansas City in 2020.
The Bears have added two other discarded first-round draft picks this season. Poles claimed offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood off of waivers after he fell out of favor with the Raiders staff one year after being selected with the No. 17 overall pick. Leatherwood has yet to play for the Bears this year. Poles also sent a 2024 seventh-round pick to the Patriots for N’Keal Harry. The wide receiver missed the early portion of the season as he recovered from ankle surgery and debuted in Week 7.
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