T’Vondre Sweat’s former teammate provides Jets-Titans trade clues

“(A) change of scenery (is) good for my dawg!” Diggs said on X. “Positivity is what he needs!”

Sweat, 24, was drafted in the second round (No. 38) in the 2024 NFL draft. In 29 games (28 games started) spanning the last two seasons, Sweat compiled 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 6 quarterback hits, 2 pass defended, 2 forced fumbles (one recovered), and 85 combined tackles (38 solo).

The Texas product’s size is but a mere snippet at the beginning of the story. He’s a picturesque sight for football coaches who want a 2-gapping block-eater up front.

Sweat’s presence allows the Jets’ defense to infuse 3-4 principles into the scheme. Although the 2025 unit — led by Steve Wilks — sometimes used odd fronts, the frequency paled in comparison to the Glenn-led Detroit Lions defenses of 2021-2024.

As great as Sweat’s back-of-the-football-card numbers look on the surface, most Jets fans simultaneously think, “Well, why would the Titans offload this guy so quickly, other than Robert Saleh’s gap-attacking scheme not fitting him?”

While the Saleh factor is more than enough, Diggs dropping those clues suggests that Sweat needs positive things to happen. By no means should that drive any Jets fan to think Sweat is down on his luck or down in the dumps, but perhaps he hit a bit of an undocumented struggle point early in his NFL career.

Diggs’s supportive words seemingly predate Saleh taking over as Titans head coach.

Diggs, a sixth-round pick by the aforementioned Lions in 2015, worked his way into a starting safety. In 2019, Detroit traded him to the Seahawks, the same team that released him in 2024.

That paved the way for Diggs to ink a one-year deal with Tennessee ahead of the 2024 campaign, where and when he first crossed professional paths with Sweat. Although Diggs’s Titans tenure was short-lived — Seattle signed him to the practice squad this past season, after Tennessee cut him — it appears like the veteran still has the youngster’s back.

Considering the New York Jets’ recent history, “positivity” could be hard to come by. Nevertheless, what unfolds from this point forward has no bearing on the support Quandre Diggs just provided T’Vondre Sweat.