Jets injury update after Dolphins loss: T’Vondre Sweat hurts his knee and is ruled out at halftime

A knee injury knocked defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat out of the New York Jets’ Sunday 28-25 home loss to the Miami Dolphins, and the club ruled him out for the rest of the game at halftime.

Sweat went down on a fourth-and-2 play in the second quarter, getting tangled up with teammate Dane Belton as the Jets chased a scrambling Malik Willis. He stayed on the ground for several moments before limping to the medical tent with trainers. He went back in before the half, but the Jets announced during the break that he would not return.

T'Vondre Sweat has been ruled out with a knee injury

— New York Jets (@nyjets) October 25, 2026

Without him, New York leaned on Harrison Phillips in the middle and rotated Darrell Jackson and Jowon Briggs through the defensive tackle spots in the second half, when Miami held on for its first win of the season.

A long injury list gets longer

The Jets have not described how serious the knee injury is. Sweat, who joined New York from the Tennessee Titans and opened the season against his old team, had already missed part of training camp with a hamstring problem before being activated from the non-football injury list in the summer.

His injury adds to a list that was already long before kickoff. Running back Breece Hall sat out a fourth straight game with his quad injury, and guard Dylan Parham, tackle Max Mitchell, edge rusher Joseph Ossai and Francisco Mauigoa were also ruled out against Miami. Kene Nwangwu was inactive as well.

Head coach Aaron Glenn had said during the week that receiver Adonai Mitchell would practice fully and play, and he did. The loss dropped Glenn to 0-8 against AFC East opponents.

The Jets’ first practice report of the week, on Wednesday, will be the first official sign of whether Sweat can play next Sunday.

What comes next

At 2-5, the Jets host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, November 1, at 1 p.m. EST. The final score from Sunday is in the Game Center, and the latest designations for every team are on the injuries page.