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Stan: What are those, ah, cotton pants?
Kramer: Yeah...Why, is it too cold out?
Stan: Here's what you do: you bring a lightweight jacket, that way the sun comes out, you play the jacket off the sweater.
I couldn't understand the usage of "play" and "off" here so I failed to understand the meaning of this line.
I initially didn’t have an answer to this question, so I thought I would leave it for others to answer. However, since follow-up comments haven’t clarified it very much, I’m going to go out on a limb and say
It is not clear what this means.
Obviously, it has something to do with reconfiguring the jacket and sweater based on the weather, but beyond that, this is simply not a standard way of conveying any particular meaning in English.
You did transcribe the quote correctly, so I can only guess that it is “Seinfeldese” (language fabricated by the show) or that it is some sort of regional expression that is not widespread.
As far i understood, it means when it gets sunny you can remove the jacket and will be fine with sweater (assuming you wear jacket on top of sweater).
