Charlton, now a member of the Dolphins, discussed being waived by Dallas last week after his team fell to the Cowboys, 31-6, in a Week 3 matchup Sunday.
“On the field, if you go three years down the line, we will get to see who is right and who is wrong,” Charlton said, via the Dallas Morning News. “It is on me now.”
The Cowboys originally selected Charlton out of Michigan with the No. 28 pick in the 2017 draft. But, he underperformed in Dallas, recording four sacks in 27 games before being released.
Dallas owner Jerry Jones criticized Charlton shortly after the team moved on from him.
“I think we always got to realize on the motivation — we depend on motivation,” Jones recently told local radio station 105.3 The FAN. “The game does. … You got to be unique to even play in the NFL (from a) talent standpoint. But still, it requires a really extended motivation. When you’re on the defensive line, it asks more from you than the other positions in terms of being motivated, in terms of fighting through. Just the nature of the activity on the defensive line suggests fighting through.
“It’s usually fighting through pain. It’s usually fighting through really serious obstacles with all those big offensive linemen. And so you have to be eating raw meat to be a defensive lineman in my mind.”
Miami claimed Charlton and he registered two tackles and a sack in the loss to his former team.
The Dolphins have been one of the worst teams in the NFL this season and dropped to 0-3 on Sunday. They’ll face the Chargers in Week 4.
