NFL Network's Brian Baldinger is a big fan of the trade that brought T'Vondre Sweat from the Tennessee Titans to the Jets. After praising the transaction that sent Jermaine Johnson to the Titans, Baldinger dubbed Sweat "T-Pain."

If the Jets at times employ a 3-4 defensive front, HC Aaron Glenn and D-line coach Karl Dunbar expect Sweat (6-4, 366) to bring the pain to the opposition.

"Nobody can stop him when you have a guy that's that big with the feet," said Turron Davenport, the ESPN Nation Tennessee Titans reporter. "He was a big-time hooper in the Houston area [Sweat is from Huntsville, TX]. He got a lot of rebounds. That takes that footwork and to be that big and move the way he does." He added: "He has some sweet feet."

Sweat, 24, was selected by the Titans No. 38 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. He played in all 17 games his rookie season and had 51 total tackles (22 solo), a sack and 4 TFL while taking 66% of the snaps on defense. After his first season, Pro Football Focus graded him a 75.0 overall against the ground attack, the eighth-best in the NFL among the 99 qualifying defensive tackles.

He was limited to 12 games last season after he sustained an ankle injury in Week 1 at Denver, missed a game, returned and then re-injured the ankle and ended up on injured reserve until mid-October.

In his fifth and final season in college playing for Texas, Sweat won the Outland Trophy as the nation's top interior defensive lineman. He had 45 total tackles (18 solo), 8 TFL, 2 sacks, 4 PDs, and was credited with 28 total pressures (23 hurries, 3 hits, plus those pair of sacks).

"I think he could be one of the best run-stoppers in the league because I've seen this guy push an O-lineman into the running back," Davenport said. "He didn't get credit for the tackle, because he never tackled the back. He just knocked the guard into him. He has a really good swim move that he uses to get in the backfield quickly. And when you're a guard or an interior lineman, and you're used to absorbing that bull rush, you ghost it and swim like that, and now that's just another way to get to the quarterback. I think he could be one of the best run-stuffers in the league."

S Dane Belton: 'I Make Plays on the Ball'
Unlike most relocating free agents in the NFL, S Dane Belton is only changing colors, he won't have to change much else. After four seasons plying his trade for the Giants, Belton, 25, will be training a few miles west in green and white at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center.

He said it was the right move.

"I do everything, high-energy guy," Belton told team reporter Susanna Weir. "I make plays on the ball. That's kind of my signature, getting the ball and being able to do that for this team will be huge. And just have fun and play good football."

Belton (6-1, 190) was selected out of Iowa by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Across four seasons with the team, he appeared in 66 regular-season games (22 starts) and 2 postseason games, totaling 240 tackles, 8 TFL, 16 PD, 6 INTs and 4 forced fumbles. He played a career-high 705 defensive snaps last season. He has also been a consistent contributor on special teams, playing at least 70% of snaps in each of the last three seasons.

He said that his decision was influenced by an organization and team on the rise under the direction of a coach who has his respect.

"Just looking at the organization, the leadership from top to bottom," Belton said. "Aaron Glenn, defensive head coach. What he's done as a player in the league, and also as a defensive coordinator and head coach. Just really intriguing and I want to be a part of it. And the culture, talking to guys that I know that were on the team before, talking about what they're building toward. It really excites me and I'm happy to be here."

DT David Onyemata: 'Just Contribute Any Way I Can'
David Onyemata has excelled over 10 seasons in the NFL, first with New Orleans and for the past three seasons in Atlanta, by consistently showing one of his best abilities has been his availability. He appeared in all 17 games for the Falcons the past two seasons, taking more than 50% of the snaps on defense each season in a demanding position as he battled in the trenches.

"If you stay stagnant, you're out of the league," Onyemata, 33, told team reporter Susanna Weir. "The train don't stop for nobody."

Onyemata has appeared in 154 games (115 starts) and recorded 401 total tackles, 86 QBH, 49 TFL and 31 sacks. The veteran recorded a career-high 62 tackles during the 2025 season, playing 634 defensive snaps, the second-highest number of his career.

He crafted a connection with Jets HC Aaron Glenn during their time together with the Saints, who selected him in the fourth-round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Canada's University of Manitoba.

"Come out here and play for AG and kind of execute and play at a high level," he said. "I know exactly what to expect from him and he knows what to expect from me as a player as well."

The addition of Onyemata gives the Jets' defense flexibility and another option in the middle of the defensive line as he joins a group that includes Harrison Phillips and Jowon Briggs.

"Just contribute any way I can," he said.