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Once Drafted Two Spots Ahead, Taco Charlton Happy To Be TJ Watt’s Teammate

In 2017, Taco Charlton and TJ Watt were competing to see which one got drafted first. In 2021, they’re competing to see which one gets to the quarterback first. In the small world that is the NFL, Charlton and Watt are now teammates after both being part of the 2017 draft class.

Talking with reporters Friday, Charlton talked about what it was like to rush alongside Watt.

“It’s been fun,” he said via Steelers.com. “We like still helping each other out, whether it’s something we see on film or something we see on the field that one or the other could do.