Overview
- The Cardinals edge rusher was designated a Pro Bowl alternate rather than a roster selection this week.
- Sweat called the outcome "taken away from me," voicing rare public frustration over missing one of the NFL’s key individual honors.
- He has 11 sacks and four forced fumbles, and is the only NFC player with double-digit sacks who did not make the Pro Bowl roster.
- Fan voting ranked him second among NFC outside linebackers, yet the Rams’ Byron Young and Jared Verse were selected despite lower fan-vote finishes and fewer sacks for Verse.
- Pro Bowl selections equally weigh fan, player and coach votes, a system that also left Sweat off the 2022 roster despite an 11-sack season; he was an alternate call-up in 2021.