T’Vondre Sweat’s time with the Tennessee Titans has come to an end. Multiple sources are reporting this morning that the Titans have agreed to send the former second-round pick to the New York Jets for former first-round pick Jermaine Johnson.
Tom Pelissero confirms
that this is a player-for-player trade. There are no picks involved in the deal. The trade cannot be officially made until the new league year opens on March 11th.
The move reunites Johnson with Robert Saleh, who was the head coach of the Jets when Johnson was drafted. Johnson had 7.5 sacks in 2023 with Saleh as his coach.
There were rumors that the Titans were shopping Sweat at the NFL trade deadline last season. He was drafted by Ran Carthon, and there was always talk that the new regime was not a big fan, mostly due to off-the-field concerns over Sweat’s conditioning.
Sweat was a reach in the second round. If you are going to draft a defensive tackle that high, he better be a really good pass rusher. Sweat showed flashes of that in college, but we didn’t really see it from him in his two years with the Titans.
The Titans still need to add to their EDGE rusher group, but getting Johnson in the fold is certainly an upgrade to that room.
