He played four season with the Los Angeles Rams and 10 with the Washington Redskins, with whom we went to Super Bowl VII.

[5][6][7][3] Talbert played college football at the University of Texas where he was an all-conference defensive end in his junior year, and a pre-season All-American in the next.

[2][18] Talbot played little in 1967 and sparingly in 1968, but in 1969 he started 13 of 14 games at right defensive end and had 7.5 quarterback sacks.

[2] In a massive trade, he was traded along with Jack Pardee, Maxie Baughan, Myron Pottios, John Wilbur, Jeff Jordan and a 1971 fifth-round pick (124th overall–traded to Green Bay Packers for Boyd Dowler) from the Rams to the Redskins for Marlin McKeever, first and third rounders in 1971 (10th and 63rd overall–Isiah Robertson and Dave Elmendorf respectively) and third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounders in 1972 (73rd, 99th, 125th, 151st and 177th overall–to New England Patriots, traded to Philadelphia Eagles for Joe Carollo, Bob Christiansen, Texas Southern defensive tackle Eddie Herbert and to New York Giants respectively) on January 28, 1971.

[27][28] It was during his Washington years that Talbert played an iconic role as part of the long-standing 1970s rivalry between the Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.

Talbert played 14 NFL seasons for a total of 186 games, starting 157, with 84.5 sacks and 10 fumble recoveries.

[33] After retiring from football, Talbert entered the investment business and was involved with hotels, real estate and oil.

[13] In 2012, he was among a group of former players who brought lawsuits against the NFL in Houston courts for not disclosing the risk from head injuries.

[34] Other plaintiffs included his brother Don, and a number of his old Dallas Cowboy opponents, such as Lee Roy Jordan, Chuck Howley, Ralph Neely, Rayfield Wright, Charlie Waters and Walt Garrison.