This was a four-play sample of what we saw from Sweat, and it was really encouraging. Keep in mind, that Sweat saw his reps against the Titans' first- and second-stringers, with a majority coming across "backup" left tackle Taylor Lewan. Why is the Pro Bowl tackle working with Titans backups? Because he is suspended to start the season. The team wants former Eagle Dennis Kelly to get the first-team reps during the preseason to maintain continuity up front.

"He's had a great OTAs, great camp," defensive line coach Phillip Daniels said. "He's doing really well. I thought it was good work for him yesterday going against a guy like that and he did a good job. He went out there, didn't back down. Josh is one of those guys who wants to be good and he will."

That first play came on the second defensive snap, and this motor is exactly what I saw from him at FSU as well as every day at the NovaCare Complex during camp. Sweat has been seen chasing plays down in the flats and following the play to the sideline it seems like in every practice. Here, Sweat chases Adam Humphries down on the quick screen to his side, stopping him after an 8-yard catch-and-run.

The second snap was in the second quarter when he was matched up with Lewan. On this "lead" play, Lewan tried to get outside of Sweat and pin him inside, and on the first step it appeared that he won. This is where Sweat's natural power was put on display, as he collapsed the three-time Pro Bowl tackle backwards, to put the running back in a tough spot. His path was blocked, so did he cut back against the grain or "ride the hump" and carry the run to the sideline? He chose the latter, and after he got outside of Sweat, Daeshon Hall cleaned up from the back side. Hall got credit for the tackle, but this play started with Sweat and his penetration on Lewan. Sweat and Lewan won their share of snaps against each other. It was a fun battle to study in the second quarter of Thursday's game.

The third rep happened in the third quarter. It's third-and-4, and Sweat relied on a powerful long arm move to violently collapse the pocket before exploding into the quarterback just as he released the ball. Sweat flashed the use of this move in college, but not to this level, as he made mincemeat of tackle Austin Pasztor, a former starter for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The ball was nearly intercepted by Orlando Scandrick, but the tipped pass instead was caught for a first down.

Later in the series, on third-and-12, Sweat busted out that long arm move again, forcing his way through Pasztor's outside half to find the shortest path to the quarterback who had to step up in the pocket. This allowed Daeshon Hall, who used a combination of moves to beat the right tackle, to get home for a strip-sack.

Throughout the course of the night, Sweat tried to work on stringing multiple moves together. He won high side (meaning on the offensive tackle's outside shoulder) and low side (inside shoulder), impacted the run game, and showed off the motor and athleticism that made him one of the most intriguing defensive prospects in the 2018 NFL Draft. I love watching young players develop, and watching Sweat make these steps in the right direction is a lot of fun to see.

"I always tell Josh keep doing the little things and the little things will add to bigger things," Daniels said. "He'll be somebody who will help us a lot down the road here."